mope
Example Sentences
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He’s since apologized, saying, “I do town halls all around the world, and as you know, I mope sometimes.”
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
But the Bronx Bombers longtime general manager, Brian Cashman, didn’t mope, instead improving the American League champion roster with several adroit moves, starting with pitchers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
But with its relentlessly recriminatory tone, it's often more mope opera than soap opera.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
“I didn’t sit around and mope all day. I trusted coach. I trusted him all the way and I’m still with him. And five years later, I’m still here.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023
They’d always been his fussiest fungi: the first to mope when the rains were too much, the first to stink when the rains were too little.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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