mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
had moped
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past perfectof mope.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He decided that he had moped too long in the country: "We must move into town this season," he said to himself.
From The Courting Of Lady Jane by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
Reduced to a few words, the facts were these: When McTavish had refused to take his old servant on the hunt for Charley Seguis, Rainy had moped disconsolate for almost a week.
From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams
He had not gone to the club on Saturday and had moped about Chowton all the Sunday in a feverish state because of his doubts.
From The American Senator by Anthony Trollope
Jim and she were tremendous chums, and she had moped sadly when he went to Melbourne to school.
From A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce
Where was the girl of yesterday—the frail white girl who had moped so listlessly in her chair, scribbling on little bits of paper?
From Contrary Mary by Temple Bailey
