loaf
noun
a portion of bread or cake baked in a shaped or molded mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
have been loafing
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present perfect progressiveof loaf.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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"I have been loafing awfully, and had to engage a 'grind' as a coach."
From A journey in other worlds A romance of the future by John Jacob Astor
While the other fellows have been improving themselves you have been loafing around public-houses.
From Tommy by Joseph Hocking
While I have been loafing with Luigi not only has the summer slipped away, but the cool winds of October have crept down from the Alps.
From The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht by Francis Hopkinson Smith
"Glad to know it; I got your letter and looked for you yesterday; have been loafing 'round here since then."
From Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) by Edward Sylvester Ellis
I have been loafing about Paddington station for nearly an hour.
From The Four Faces A Mystery by William Le Queux
