lunch
noun
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
were 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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When the Guardian visited, a dozen men and women, some hunched and weather-beaten, were lunching on curry and rice.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2018
We were lunching adjacently in the Palm Court restaurant of the Westfields Marriott hotel, in Chantilly, Virginia.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2012
My husband and I were lunching last week at the British Embassy in Tokyo when an evil looking man peeped in at the window.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until recently, actors came on as fully clothed as if they were lunching at the Plaza.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I thought you said you were lunching with Sassoon," he said suspiciously.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
