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frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods
teenagers are often both moody and changeable
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Recent Examples of moody
The meticulous attention to detail on the Chinatown apartment sets didn’t just mirror the moody atmosphere of a Wong Kar-Wai film; the to-scale smallness of the apartments demanded Segal shoot pieces of it like a Wong Kar-Wai film.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
The primary architect of the album’s lush, moody sound was Washington, D.C. native Chucky Thompson, one of the most talented members of Bad Boy’s Hitmen production team.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
Partly owing to this patina, the spaces were cinematically moody.
—Leilani Marie Labong, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
Its story is already dark and moody with themes of death, grief, deceit, revenge and bug-eating.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
The primary architect of the album’s lush, moody sound was Washington, D.C. native Chucky Thompson, one of the most talented members of Bad Boy’s Hitmen production team.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
Partly owing to this patina, the spaces were cinematically moody.
—Leilani Marie Labong, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
Its story is already dark and moody with themes of death, grief, deceit, revenge and bug-eating.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Still, food price growth is notoriously volatile and many factors that determine costs are often outside the government's control.Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Declare label — which comes on 20 of Moore & Giles’ collections — also outlines life expectancy and end-life options for the leather, as well as origin and volatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing.Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Does the child make impulsive decisions that might be regretted later?Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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One league source wouldn’t put the Bears anywhere near the same level of deterrence as the New York Jets, whose owner, Woody Johnson, has a reputation for being impulsive and volatile.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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According to Gregory, fluctuating temperatures in the area has caused all ice surfaces to be unstable.Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement By any measure, the immediate future of Syria will be an unstable and potentially violent melange of competing groups, intense jockeying for power and settling of scores.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.Jordan Kisner Jack Davison, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
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Even if a more irritable side of her personality has emerged, there’s no excuse for cruelty.R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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In worst-case scenarios, pain can cause a dog to be more irritable and aggressive, like if a human had a severe headache and couldn't tolerate social interaction, Enomoto said.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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But for the song to work its magic in the musical, Albin’s interior life must poke through the makeup, dresses and temperamental diva histrionics.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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They were accustomed to playing in the sunshine back home and had to adapt to the temperamental British weather.Jay Harris, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
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“Moody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moody. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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