Example Sentences

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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

Archie's reluctance to attend school began in 2022, but initially Ms Bryson thought it was just teenage moodiness.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 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

I’m so used to it that I’ve become completely indifferent to Mother’s rebukes and Margot’s moodiness.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank