Example Sentences

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And Shirley had been moping for weeks over the loss of the World Series.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

It was raining out, and the twins had been moping around all afternoon.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Sophy had been "moping" a little of late.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

When she came back from Germany, she was keen on art, but apparently had been moping about something.

From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin

At last, one afternoon, after Taka had been moping for hours in deeper gloom than usual, I impulsively held up a hand-glass before him.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee