How to Use mood in a Sentence

mood

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  • Despite the jovial mood, the specter of the dual strikes hung thick in the air.
    — Tim Greiving, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • The weather is warm and balmy and the mood is more relaxed.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2023
  • There was a mood and an air of trying to make it through.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The mood was upbeat, but many of the players went right to sleep.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The emerging choices for the 2024 race further sour the mood.
    — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Despite the loss, the mood around SRV after the game was upbeat.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Couldn’t turn back the clock to October when the air was warmer and the mood happier.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • What was the mood like on set and were there challenging moments?
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
  • So get in the Halloween mood and dress up your table as scary as your costume.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023
  • Pamela Pritchett, whose 77-year-old mother, Pearl Young, was killed in the attack, said the mood was somber.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In a post on Twitter, Crow asserts that the singer is out of step with the public mood and should know better.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
  • The moon’s alignment with Jupiter is a major mood booster.
    — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • Nanoleaf lights can be set up to sync with music, mirror the color on a screen, or to just set a unique mood.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Despite the blue skies, the mood was one of desperation.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Here, their joy isn’t sourced from the Road March or the general Carnival mood.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 May 2024
  • However, the mood shifted as Slash and Usher came out to revive the crowd.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Depending on my mood that night, it’s either heaped in dust or sparkling clean.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Ukraine’s manpower shortages in the war with Russia are back at the top of the agenda and reflect how the mood in the country has changed.
    — CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Colors affect moods, making the skin glow and setting a mood.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 Sep. 2023
  • What drew you to musicians Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt to create that mood?
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • As the mood within Facebook had begun to sour over the years, some badge posts began to take on a more mutinous tone.
    — Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Though the patio was full, there wasn’t a cell phone in sight, just people enjoying the loose, summery mood.
    — Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
  • What struck me most was the disparity between the mood inside the chamber and the mood outside it.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2023
  • On the floor of the meeting after the vote on Wednesday morning, the mood was equally jubilant.
    — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • But in 2023, Bolsonaro is out of power, and the mood has become more optimistic.
    — Laura Martins, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This time the mood seemed more hopeful than bitter and sorrowful.
    — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The movie’s textures, both visually and in terms of mood, are sumptuous.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • If those don’t brighten your mood, GLO Science’s smile-whitening device should do the trick .
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Fear may be a linchpin of horror, but as a recent anthology attests, the true bedrock of the genre is mood.
    — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The mood was jubilant, and many were chatting or conferring with each other in small groups.
    — Asher Stockler, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024

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