Example Sentences

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This is not a preying tiger in the Indian jungle - but a happily mooching Dalmatian dog in Dagnam Park, Romford, unknowingly closing in on a days-old fallow deer fawn.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

“I can throw forks because this is our father’s house, my father’s house,” prompting Lee to point out that Mikey is living in the house with his mother, who he’s mooching off of financially.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Radio listeners learn the difference between downrigging and motor mooching.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

These are not “free money” schemes or lazy people just mooching off a system; this is due compensation for the injuries we received in the line of duty.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

He had little shame over mooching off his uncle and even less about his useless college degree.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley