Example Sentences

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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 Haggard, Henry Rider

She has been moping, I think, for the last few days.

From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard

“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 Groome, William H. C.

Old Wedders has been moping in his window-seat like a half-plucked pigeon.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

The poor bird has been moping ever since.

From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)