mooning

Example Sentences

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Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

To say that “a computer understands” is like saying that your car is losing its sense of humor or mooning over an old girlfriend.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023

Anduaga’s soigné style, and vibrant yet plangent timbre, made him an uncommonly sensitive Nemorino — more of a melancholy-prone Werther scribbling poeticisms in a notebook than a sunny country bumpkin mooning over his beloved.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Bad-boy drummer Tommy Lee, known for mooning the audience and for his marriage to Heather Locklear, is a key part of the band’s hardcore image.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

The boys and I tease Tristas for constantly mooning over his fiancée, but he’s one of the finest swordsmen at Blackcliff, clever and cat-swift.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir