Example Sentences

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Curtin’s poem ranges from a variety of issues people have moped about during the pandemic, from major hardships to minor inconveniences.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2020

The answer is that you would at some time have moped about it, and consequently, sooner or later, you would have changed your decision.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2012

Labour would not have moped over whose "efficiency savings" were the more meaningless but pointed out that the three spokesmen were peas from the same pod.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

Ananda turned back towards the little room that was to serve as bedroom and sitting-room for the present, a den in which even a dog would have moped and pined.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

If he had gone to Napoleon, he might have moped awhile at first, and felt guilty.

From The Crow's Nest by Day, Clarence