Example Sentences

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It’s hard not to wonder, though; Ms. Theron is moodily terrific, but Sasha is often distracted by her pursuers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In its early going, triumphal writing for brass was tugged at — and moodily complicated — by descending string motifs that traipsed across unpredictable intervals.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

The director also leans too hard on a John Powell score whose moodily percussive singsong tends to overwhelm rather than deepen Alice’s mounting sense of dread.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2022

"Eric was born," it concludes, as Manchester United maverick Cantona stares out moodily from the foreground.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2022

So he went moodily back to his bedroom and set about making a lanyard with his cotton cord.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman