lunch
noun
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
have been lunching
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present perfect progressiveof lunch.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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It could be the reason, scientists argue, that people have been lunching outdoors in New York City, driving with the top down in Boston and tanning by the lake in Chicago--in December.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have been lunching with the vicar, and now I am going home to write out invitations for a dinner at my new house."
From The Pagan's Cup by Fergus Hume
"I have been lunching with them on the strength of it."
From Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by Will Grefé
For all he was conscious of his surroundings, they might have been lunching together in that subdued, pink-tinted room where he so often took Frances.
From The Wall Street Girl by George Ellis Wolfe
So there they have been lunching within on what they brought with them; for nothing in our house could they touch of course!
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth
