mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
have been moping
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present perfect progressiveof mope.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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Still, if that had been all, Gilks would scarcely have been moping up at Willoughby among the virtuous few that afternoon, while the rest of the school were running mad down in Shellport.
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
I was writing hard all the morning, and this afternoon was so horrid, I thought I wouldn't go out; so I have been moping rather.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
I have been moping at home, day after day, in wretched solitude.
From In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing
Thou hast taken thy pleasure all day, whilst I have been moping at home.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by John Payne
I have been moping a good deal, I am afraid, and forgot all about the lamps.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
