lounging

Example Sentences

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From the time she checked in to the time she checked out, she was either sleeping or lounging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

What stands out in Annie is its relaxed, unvarnished portrait of student life: messy hostel rooms, friends lounging on charpoys smoking and arguing about everything from bureaucracy to exams, and a breezy irreverence toward authority.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The bathroom also doubles as a sitting room, with the shower and toilet moved to a separate area to allow lounging space in the room.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

Mayer, 48, and McG, 57, are lounging on a December afternoon in Mayer’s ranch-hand-chic office, which occupies what once was the mill where wood for Charlie Chaplin’s movie sets was cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

One exceptionally stormy afternoon in early March, when the boys were lounging morosely about the shell house, George Pocock tapped Joe on the shoulder and asked him to come up into the loft.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown