moody
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Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Bella Ramsey spent many teenage years working with adults so never really went through the moody, rebellious phase often associated with being a teenager.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The melodrama begins early on with the opening track, “Te Llevas To” — a moody EDM elegy that explores the loss of one’s self after a relationship ends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
NAIROBI—The Nairobi Orchestra walked on stage for a recent afternoon concert ready to perform a demanding selection of pieces, including Hector Berlioz’s moody 1830 “Symphonie Fantastique.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I think Mom is trying to say she’s tired,” he would whisper when my mother became moody.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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“Midnights,” from 2022, was a little moodier than 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was a little wordier than its predecessor, but both operated within a relatively narrow template.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
He even looked younger, swapping his clean-shaven exuberance for a moodier vibe, crooning ballads beneath a cap and shades that hid his face.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Based on the books of Ann Cleeves, whose work is also the basis for the even moodier, broodier series “Shetland,” “Vera” is a cerebral, as opposed to violent or troubling, crime drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Ms. Croft said that Angola has been “one of the moodier members, having staged multiple meeting walkouts in recent years.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Besides, the navigator has been moodier than usual.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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He works through his grandfather’s illness and eventual demise on “God Laughs,” the moodiest and most haunting song of the project.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
The album, their third and moodiest, was a distinct, post-punk swerve away from the hip-hop and breakbeat culture they had championed in Bristol.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
I would call wine the moodiest drink you could possibly imagine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2015
Chugging guitars set the tone for the rest of the album, which is their moodiest and most energetic since the reunion with Sprout.
From Time ● Feb. 21, 2014
Still, the idea would return; and he was at his moodiest when the door opened and a familiar voice said: “Ah! there you are.”
From The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by A. Monro Smith
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