lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
had lounged
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past perfectof lounge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had lounged, borrowed, and shirked through life.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
He had lounged across to the window and his attitude detached him from the discussion.
From Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
There was the little trout-stream, where, under pretence of fishing, he had lounged along the summer day, with Horace for his companion; that, the school-house Mary had sketched, and built out of her own pocket-money.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
He had lounged through school without attempting to work, and was depending for all his future upon what should be left him by the industry of others.
From The Princess of the School by Frank Wiles
He had lounged against it several times before his eyes fell upon an inscription which appeared familiar, although obscured by moss and yellow lichen.
From A Drake by George! by John Trevena
