- present participle of loaf.
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
We struck up a conversation — about the men loafing around us, about our day jobs, whatever — and promised to meet at the bar again the following week.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
He was benched for a game last month after loafing on the bases in two earlier games, and he is currently on the injured list with a quad strain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
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
