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  • present tense form of mope (3rd person singular).
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He usually follows me around the house, and he mopes when I’m gone.

From Washington Post Mar. 27, 2022

“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.

From Seattle Times Sep. 16, 2021

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

Foy’s favorite episode focuses on John and Jackie Kennedy visiting Buckingham Palace in 1961, contrasting the youth of the Kennedys with the royals’ middle-aged mopes, one couple embodying a new hope, the other a stagnation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2017

Dad has started going to work again, but Mom mopes around the house.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea




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