mope
Example Sentences
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It was frustrating to watch Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda mope around the first two seasons, trying to find their place in a world that changed too fast for them to keep up.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025
Why is it called “Uncle Vanya”? All the man does is mope, mope harder, try to do something other than moping, fail miserably and mope some more.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024
But with its relentlessly recriminatory tone, it's often more mope opera than soap opera.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
He can mope and rant, but caught at the right moment, he’s an out-and-out charmer, a patient listener, a good storyteller.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022
Penelope sat up extra straight in her chair, much the way Miss Mortimer did when she was reminding the girls at Swanburne not to mope and complain.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing mope
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