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

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 Wolfe, George Ellis

All the time that we have been lunching here the intelligent Perrichet has been making inquiries.

From At the Villa Rose by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

He replied promptly— "I have been lunching with Miss Lee."

From Dawn by Haggard, Henry Rider

"Mrs. Tabor and I have been lunching together," I said, "and it seemed so hot in town that I hardly liked to have her go home alone."

From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells