loll
verb (used without object)
to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.
had been lolling
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past perfect progressiveof loll.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The big chunks of the easy-to-find gold that had been lolling around in rivers for millenniums were gone after the first years of the Gold Rush, and Marshall himself died penniless.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
He had been lolling upon the deck of the brigantine glaring at the yacht Lotus, hating her and the gay, well-dressed men and women he could see laughing and chatting upon her deck.
From The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs
There was a silence; then the young woman who had been lolling against the table suddenly parted the group, and stood in front of Charity.
From Summer by Edith Wharton
I had been lolling in the swivel-chair a full ten minutes, perhaps, when the telephone rang.
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck
"Say, fellows, I've been thinking about something," said Bob seriously, so seriously, in fact, that the three boys who had been lolling on the grass turned over and regarded him with interest.
From The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize by Allen Chapman
