lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
have been lounging
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present perfect progressiveof lounge.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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Dear Heloise: Is there a good way to launder microfiber plush blankets so they smell fresh, even after the dogs have been lounging on them?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
Don't think for a second the unbeaten Cavaliers have been lounging around the past week as they've waited for their next opponent.
From US News ● May 14, 2016
The idlers who have been lounging in the arena are swept out by the alguaciles, and the hum of conversation gives way to an expectant silence.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
They might have been lounging in a railway station or a barn instead of amid portraits by John Sargent.
From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett
August 23d.—I have been lounging about all day, thinking of it, dreaming of it, spooning over it, as they say.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
