lunch
noun
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
was lunching
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past progressiveof lunch.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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Sims made the comment while he was lunching with Matt Troyka, a Democrat who voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
By fall 2017, Bannon was lunching with Guo at the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, introduced by a mutual acquaintance.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2020
But consider his response: Evidence suggests that Ray himself, who was lunching at the upscale mall, knew about the incident within moments.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2016
“Tell Theo . . .” Later, Martinez was lunching with Fernando Cuza, the agent he and Ortiz shared, when Epstein called.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2016
One of Bunny’s favorite ways to start a sentence had been to let drop, quite casually: “When Dad was lunching with Paul Vanderfeller the other day...”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
