mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
are moping
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present progressiveof mope.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Those who are moping around … the subs are not playing because they're no good.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2012
That's the thing that makes me fear that something has really happened that you are moping here inside.
From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Ralph Connor
It is a trifle later than it should be when we finally start afresh; and newly-come clouds are moping about the mountains and banking up unwelcomely near the hills of the col ahead.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
When people are moping and do not know they are moping, that is the sign their wits are departing.
From Melbourne House, Volume 1 by Susan Warner
When people are moping, and do not know they are moping, that is the sign their wits are departing.
From Melbourne House by Susan Warner
