moping

His daughter's listless behavior since Lan had awakened was something he would have called moping in anyone else.

Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

When people are moping, and do not know they are moping, that is the sign their wits are departing.

Melbourne House 1907

When people are moping, and do not know they are moping, that is the sign their wits are departing.

Melbourne House Susan Warner 1852

Later on in the day, (when the sun was hot and shining down) I saw Vonn kind of moping around near our patio with his hands on his hips, sort of shaking his head, looking at the space, looking a little concerned.

Vonn & Socheat | a Modern family. Will 2009

Later on in the day, (when the sun was hot and shining down) I saw Vonn kind of moping around near our patio with his hands on his hips, sort of shaking his head, looking at the space, looking a little concerned.

Archive 2009-02-01 Will 2009

I was kind of moping around work when something marvelous happened.

qdiosa Diary Entry qdiosa 2006

Gray speaks of "moping" owls; Chatterton exclaims, "Harke! the dethe owle loude dothe synge"; whilst Hogarth introduces the same bird in the murder scene of his _Four Stages of Cruelty_.

Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter Elliott O'Donnell 1918

After tea, fearing that her guests were in danger of "moping," Lady

Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

Most of them are pervaded by a brooding spirit of melancholy of the 'moping' rather than the 'musical' sort, and consequently rather ineffective as an artistic motive.

Proserpine and Midas Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1824

"Lindsay was kind of moping around, and Sam had to keep checking on her and cuddling her," our spy dished.

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly 2009