mopes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
While David mopes around, wallowing in his angst, Georgia is a model of multitasking, caring for the kids, finishing a novel and, at one point, helping a friend give birth.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2020
It seems cruel to send her off to live her final years with my in-laws because she gets sad and mopes when we’re not around.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2020
At its weakest, though, Ford’s prose mopes with at-hand utterances: “part and parcel,” “pride and joy,” “this and that.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2017
He mopes around the house, resdess, pretending to be coming down with a cold.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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