loaf
noun
a portion of bread or cake baked in a shaped or molded mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
has been loafing
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present perfect progressiveof loaf (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But something about her demeanor suggests that she has been loafing in a saloon.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the 25 years that our hotel has been loafing headquarters, there never was a time that I did not loaf with you and treat you as a guest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tommy Moran has struck a vein with sixty thousand dollars in it, and has been loafing around for the last two months, doing nothing.
From The Haunted Mine by Harry Castlemon
One young officer, 26 years old, has been loafing in Tiflis for six months, and has at last been arrested.
From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Betty Keays-Young Salmon
You know Pastor Brenckenberg's cub, who has been loafing about at home for more than a year, doing no good?
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
