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  • present tense form of mope (3rd person singular).
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“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.

From Seattle Times Sep. 16, 2021

While David mopes around, wallowing in his angst, Georgia is a model of multitasking, caring for the kids, finishing a novel and, at one point, helping a friend give birth.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2020

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

At its weakest, though, Ford’s prose mopes with at-hand utterances: “part and parcel,” “pride and joy,” “this and that.”

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2017

He complains he’s getting out of shape, but then just mopes around the house and watches Star Wars for the bazillionth time.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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