slouch
verb (used without object)
to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
had been slouching
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past perfect progressiveof slouch.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 wife, who had been slouching, sat up.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 11, 2014
She had been slouching a bit, but now she drew herself up, placed her hands on the table, straightening her shoulders and setting her mouth in a way that made the girlish dimple vanish.
From Washington Post
At the same time, a dirty rogue, who had been slouching somewhere in the neighborhood, drew near him from the other side.
From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Walt Louderback
The guards who had been slouching along at a swinging gait now straightened up and assumed a more soldierly air.
From A Voyage with Captain Dynamite by Charles Edward Rich
I had been slouching about the place, almost driven mad by my thoughts, and when I saw you took me for a servant my fancy was for letting the thing go on.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
