mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
has been moping
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present perfect progressiveof mope (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She has been moping, I think, for the last few days.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw
Welcome, Sally," said Pamela, as the pair came hand in hand towards her, "Betty has been moping ever since you left, and had a desperate fit of industry from sheer loneliness.
From An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott by Jeanie Gould Lincoln
At any rate I have noticed that it has been moping for the last two days, as it always does when she is not present.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Henry Rider Haggard
“Thankful to see you back again, instead of that other fellow who has been moping about in your clothes!” and Pixie commented on the announcement with her usual outspoken honesty.
From More about Pixie by William H. C. Groome
The poor bird has been moping ever since.
From Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
