mope
verb (used without object)
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
were moping
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past progressiveof mope.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Was it only last winter when journalists were moping about their respective newsrooms muttering, "Isn't anything going on?"
From Time Magazine Archive
That very afternoon, while Adria and I were moping in the church parking lot, my mom called some brokers and arranged to see a few plots of land for sale nearby.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
The first bell had rung, and the last few stragglers were moping toward their classes.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
You would only vex your dear mamma, and make her feel badly, if you were moping and fretting here, where she sent you to be with your auntie.
From Five Happy Weeks by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
The General and I were moping together tete-a-tete.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
