in the mood
idiom
: feeling a desire for something or to do something
I'm in the mood for sushi.
I'm sorry. I'm just not in the mood to talk.
"Would you like to see a movie?" "No, I'm not in the mood (to see a movie)."
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No, our readers were in the mood for something else.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Withboth the Sun and Venus now in your sector of intimacy, power, and merging,you’re not really in the mood for surface-level anything.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
Worries about jobs One big reason officials are in the mood to lower is concern over the labor market.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
But the Falcons weren’t in the mood Sunday night to let anything put a damper on their breakout pass-rushing performance.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Withboth the Sun and Venus now in your sector of intimacy, power, and merging,you’re not really in the mood for surface-level anything.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
Worries about jobs One big reason officials are in the mood to lower is concern over the labor market.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
But the Falcons weren’t in the mood Sunday night to let anything put a damper on their breakout pass-rushing performance.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the mood
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“In the mood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20mood. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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