loiter
verb (used without object)
to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place.
has been loitering
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present perfect progressiveof loiter (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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Hurricane Jose has been loitering in the Atlantic and might be preparing a run toward the East Coast this week.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2017
I am afraid the smart servant of all work, who has been loitering at the corner of the square for the last ten minutes, is one of the latter class.
From Sunday under Three Heads by Charles Dickens
He accompanied Parson Brownlow to Nashville under a flag of truce, and has been loitering on his way back until the present time.
From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty
A priest, named Cahill, and who for some time back has been loitering about the neighborhood, was at the jail this morning before daybreak.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
