laze
verb (used without object)
to idle or lounge lazily (often followed byaround ).
was lazing
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past progressiveof laze.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Archimedes was lazing in the bath when inspiration struck and Newton's apple - quite literally - fell upon a daydreaming head.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
While I was lazing on my couch, it turns out that a generation of young filmmakers were scrutinizing DVD extras to learn their craft.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
This was why the tiger’s collar had transmitted a number of “inactive” signals across a protracted period: the tiger was lazing about in a bear-induced food coma.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2018
When at last he reached the bottom, a narrow, muddy trail along the water's edge, Littlefinger was lazing against a rock and eating an apple.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The dispatches state that during the three weeks George Gould was lazing and luxuriating in a foreign land "the business revival added at least $15,000,000 to the value of the Gold securities."
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann
