loafing

Example Sentences

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One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Walt Whitman inspired a former teacher’s fascination with loafing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

I don’t mean the loafing tan meerkat from “The Lion King,” though he might do.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

There is a seven-stall stable with tack room, a large equipment barn and two loafing barns.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020

Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London