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
There was not much to it; but invariably a small bunch of fat old greenheads were loafing in the sun.
From The Killer by Stewart Edward White
A group of staring louts, who appeared to be waiting for him, were loafing near the drawbridge.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
