mope

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

Women who weep are seen as "too emotional" while men who mope can be shamed for being soft and vulnerable, she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

Fortunately, Sennott is entertaining even as a mope.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

On its surface level, however, “I Saw the TV Glow” is just about a mope.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

‘And cease moping. You mope and drool around until I cannot bear to look on you.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

He usually follows me around the house, and he mopes when I’m gone.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022

“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021

While David mopes around, wallowing in his angst, Georgia is a model of multitasking, caring for the kids, finishing a novel and, at one point, helping a friend give birth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2020

Rather than drive back home, Drew mopes around the property.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020

Dad has started going to work again, but Mom mopes around the house.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

Police said the investigation was at an early stage but it was believed the moped had been pursuing the e-bike cyclist prior to the crash.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Law enforcement officials also point out that any type of modification to e-bikes might not just be dangerous, but can also transform the e-bike into a motorcycle or moped under California law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

It is the middle of the day and as shoppers buy their groceries a man rides a moped inside a Co-op store.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

The little ones got rambunctious while the older ones moped, complaining about the new rules in voices just loud enough to be overheard.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

He doesn’t respond to his various wake-up calls with stubborn defiance but a curiosity that shifts his moping into something akin to a geeky, fun-loving second adolescence.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Instead of moping over the setback, Ohtani has started eyeing his next boundary-pushing maneuver: To be a leadoff hitter and high-leverage reliever in the same game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

As macho as the protagonist of a Lifetime movie, moping like an adolescent and watching too much TV, Mr. White’s Springsteen is clearly depressed, but Mr. Cooper’s script doesn’t provide much illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

That very afternoon, while Adria and I were moping in the church parking lot, my mom called some brokers and arranged to see a few plots of land for sale nearby.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles