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
The first bell had rung, and the last few stragglers were moping toward their classes.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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
How about those violets you were moping over this morning?
From The Third Violet by Stephen Crane
“I knew that you were moping and had the blues.”
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Jennie M. Drinkwater
