loaf
noun
a portion of bread or cake baked in a shaped or molded mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
were loafing
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past progressiveof loaf.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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His players were loafing on him, and second-guessing his decisions after games.
From Time Magazine Archive
As usual, she looked as if she were loafing, even as she made a final flick with her ski pole to break the electric-eye photo timer at the finish.
From Time Magazine Archive
A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Breckenridge studied his triplex chronometer intently, then unplugged and glanced around the control room, in various parts of which half a dozen assistants were loafing at their stations.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
More gold seekers were loafing and waiting on the beach; and these added their shouts and advice to the clamor of the boatmen.
From Gold Seekers of '49 by Charles H. Stephens
