mooch

Example Sentences

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She thinks she has an answer: The friend makes a lot of money and the guy, a struggling medical student, is looking to mooch.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2024

Gifts as simple as surf wax or a ding repair kit can go a long way for surfers — and the other riders they always mooch off of.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Not sure how to mooch, much less where to borrow a fishing boat?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Like all viruses, they take over cells and force them to churn out other copies of themselves, the worst kind of mooch you can imagine.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021

Something oily and slimy that left a greasy trail and liked to mooch off other people’s ideas.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein