mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
has moped
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present perfectof mope (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But Mimi, the consumptive Parisian seamstress, has been a dying duck since the opera's first performance in 1896, and her fog-witted lover Rodolfo, the poet, has moped melodiously for the same stretch.
From Time Magazine Archive
My toothache has moped Charles to death: you know how he hates to see people ill.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
The girl has moped about like a miserable creature ever since.
From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope
For a week he has moped in barracks, forbidden by Stanley and his advisers to admit anything, yet universally suspected of being the cause of all the trouble.
From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Charles King
