are breakfasting
- present progressive of breakfast.
Example Sentences
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In the alley behind, flies are breakfasting on a patch of distinctly human-looking, half-dried feces.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2015
From the tarns, where skittish thoroughbreds are breakfasting, comes the metallic clank of feed tubs, or an occasional hoof thump.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ernest and Theodore, the scientist and the clergyman, are breakfasting together.
From Why Marry? by Williams, Jesse Lynch
"They are breakfasting in the garden," answered the maid he had accosted.
From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán
But no, the hotel is almost full—people are gone to mass, perhaps, or are in bed, or are breakfasting.
From My Little Lady by Poynter, Eleanor Frances
