Example Sentences

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"When he was on social media, he was more social … more talkative with us," Mau says, though, she adds, his moodiness may also simply be the "teenage years".

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The AI-generated Angie seems a bit overdone when compared to the more conflicted human original, whose moodiness shifts mercurially between impudence and ambivalence.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Yet “Venetian Vespers,” for all its moodiness, is elegantly compressed—the central drama occupies only a few days—and the conspiracy at its core is convincingly tawdry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

They brought on a mental haze, and the frustration of struggling against it led to more moodiness and outbursts, Ola recalls.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024

Seating herself on the bed, Rachael smoothed absently at the spread; her expression had now become one of moodiness.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick