Is "mope" one of those made-for-TV words for the bad guys?. From Wordnik.com. [Stop! (Pant) In the (gasp) name of (wheeze) the Law!] Reference
He would just kind of mope around the station until the alarm went off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007] Reference
Well, she had never been one to mope ineffectively. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
He would not mope over a wife who did not want him. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
But he didn't go back to the forest and mope about it. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
And, you know, it doesn't do any good to mope about it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2004] Reference
"I'll not mope here when all the rest are merry-making.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
And then when she would leave, he constantly would mope. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference
I think this writer said, you know, less mope, more hope. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2009] Reference
Then she walked through a wall to go mope in her bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Pool Party] Reference
'Clined to mope some at fust, but dey got laughin' some way. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
And I think this writer said you know, less mope, more hope. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2009] Reference
Don't fall down in a heap and mope over things you can't help. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
Paula's voice is mid-Atlantic monotone, a kind of permanent mope. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
All she want to do is mope around complaining and blaming the world. From Wordnik.com. [goldenboy Diary Entry] Reference
I'm going to mope and chew on a firecracker. sit; stand; jump; d. l. From Wordnik.com. [oatcake Diary Entry] Reference
"It can't make matters any better to sit at home and mope over them.". From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
There was too much going on at Cliff Island for even Ruth to mope long. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box] Reference
I decided to allow myself one whole day to really mope and wallow in it. From Wordnik.com. [misspinkkate Diary Entry] Reference
There is sunshine without and within me, and how should I mope or be sad?. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration] Reference
I picked Will up on the way to Sam's, and figured we could mope together. From Wordnik.com. [eros-archer Diary Entry] Reference
Neglected and idle, he did not grumble; straitened and poor, he did not mope. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
The hedgehogs and goldfish will mope around the store all lonely and unbought. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble on Kangaroo Island] Reference
Do you sit down and mope and give up, or do you take what you have and pull up?. From Wordnik.com. [Voices From New Orleans] Reference
Or would they just mope anyway because they want people to feel sorry for them?. From Wordnik.com. [abutterfly Diary Entry] Reference
Jamestown settlers did he so mope and muse and fail to respond to her overtures. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
The gardener said I was "off my feed," and his wife feared I should mope to death. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
It's enough to make anyone's head ache the way you mope around reading all the time. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
It won't do anybody, least of all, ourselves, any good to sit here and mope all day. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
You can sit around and mope and hope someone will come to pull you out of you misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Saved Man] Reference
But, when you're president, is there such a thing as too much mope and not enough hope?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009] Reference
"It is my duty to be melancholy," she replied; "but I shall not mope after Frank has gone.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
Who really enjoys being left behind, to mope in a corner of the world others have abandoned?. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
I got to mope about saying that my shirt was now wet and I didn't bring a change of clothes. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
'This will never do; I must take strong measures, or the poor soul will mope himself to death.'. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
I'll mope around all the time, self pity will run off the scale, and I'll fantasize about dying. From Wordnik.com. [ronin622 Diary Entry] Reference
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