lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
had been lounging
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past perfect progressiveof lounge.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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At the time of their response, the officers had been lounging in a precinct break room, described by the department as a bicycle repair shop.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Wilson had been lounging back with his feet on the table.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down the street the same plainclothes man, who had been lounging there the last time he'd reported, once again took him in, then looked away.
From Freedom by Mack Reynolds
A man who had been lounging around the railway station, stepped up and asked her whom she was waiting for.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Bell
Hepton, the other guard, who had been lounging in the engine room, was right behind Butts.
From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
