Example Sentences

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I knew the signs of a bivouacking militia and something less sinister.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2017

We'd be entirely self-supported, schlepping all our own gear and bivouacking in the saddles between the peaks.

From National Geographic • Aug. 10, 2015

Somehow they managed to keep moving until after dark, finally bivouacking on a thin ledge.

From National Geographic • Jul. 14, 2015

On indie screens, Restrepo, the Sebastian Junger doc about bivouacking with an Army troop in Afghanistan, earned $30,453 on two screens, giving it the highest per-screen average of any new movie.

From Time • Jun. 27, 2010

It was argued in support of this plan, that it was economical and that bivouacking was but a laborious and expensive method of obtaining discomfort.

From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas