lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
are lounging
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present progressiveof lounge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Mayer, 48, and McG, 57, are lounging on a December afternoon in Mayer’s ranch-hand-chic office, which occupies what once was the mill where wood for Charlie Chaplin’s movie sets was cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
Two large, thin-cut rib-eye steaks, with rivers of fat running through their ruby-red muscles, are lounging atop the metal grate, not a speck of salt or pepper on either.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
That comment comes when the two of them are lounging on beach chairs, doing a bit of people-watching.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Groups of taxi drivers are chatting in front of a hulking convention center that overlooks the plaza, while others are lounging in their cars, feet dangling out of windows.
From The Verge ● Jun. 26, 2015
A couple around my age are lounging on a neon-colored Pendleton blanket, sipping from milkshakes and staring at each other like they’re hypnotized.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
