lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
was lounging
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past progressiveof lounge.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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Yet in one ad on Saylor’s social-media feed, a woman was lounging on a tropical beach, supposedly funding a lifestyle entirely through Stretch dividends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
McCann was lounging by the pool in Florence not long after her last UFC fight when her phone rang.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
As it turned out, this was one of two security guards protecting the King, who was lounging on a couch at the back of the room.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2024
Ms. Chen was lounging in the attic reading nook of a bookstore, perusing the Simone de Beauvoir novel “All Men Are Mortal.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
She was lounging in her desk as usual.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
