mopy

Example Sentences

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She woslike: Well, I do not want are Babys having a mopy dad.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2017

Some, it is true, tried at the start to be friends, but Florrie, too keenly sensitive to the atmosphere around her to respond, was believed to be decidedly dull and mopy.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

"I shall be mighty glad to get rid of the mopy creature," Betty's mother had, said when they talked of my departure.

From Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird by Patterson, Virginia Sharpe

Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack, And your senses with toothache you're losing, Don't be mopy and flat—they don't fine you for that, If you're properly quaint and amusing!

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

I keep her awake with my cough all night, and am mopy and cross all day, but she is just as kind and affectionate as she can be.

From Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)