lunch
noun
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
has been lunching
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present perfect progressiveof lunch (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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Ever since Mrs. Rumsfeld complained that he was dropping $100 a month in the White House mess, Rumsfeld has been lunching on a brown-bagged sandwich brought from home.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The Judge has been lunching in the garden, and is sitting with his coffee beneath the great linden."
From The Lonely House by Adolph Streckfuss
He has been lunching here and has just gone, as I write, but will transfer himself later to our house, as it has now become unbearable for him at Mrs. Ellsworth's.
From The Second Latchkey by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
A Yeomanry major has been lunching with me.
From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Florence Vere-Laurie
"My father has been lunching with you, has he not?" he said somewhat nervously.
From Stella Fregelius by Henry Rider Haggard
