slouch
verb (used without object)
to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
were slouching
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past progressiveof slouch.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 Tampa Bay Rays teammates were sprinting out somewhere else, celebrating the wildest win any of them had likely ever witnessed, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, stunned, were slouching off the field.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2020
A bunch of us college kids were slouching around the only fan in someone's apartment telling "funny" stories about how people we knew avoided the draft.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2020
As I drove away, the kids were slouching along in semi-formation, their flags barely off the grounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were slouching toward Oslo, counting every pace and grumbling over every step.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arthur Bauer, Jr., had joined Erik out on the patio, where the two of them were slouching silently.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
