companion
noun
a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another.
companioning
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present participleof companion.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Mrs Urquhart and Mrs Pennycuick, plain, brave, working women of the rough old times, wives of high-born husbands, incapable of companioning them as they companioned each other, had been great friends.
From Sisters by Ada Cambridge
She chattered away, these last few precious moments, as merrily as if Timothy were companioning the adventure of this trip to Lewisburg, but he found no tongue to reply.
From The Heart of Arethusa by Frances Barton Fox
We repeated the “soft words” over and over, companioning them with “O they banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead.”
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
But not a hint of their grim companioning could he see or hear.
From Kings in Exile by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Some take the words "which followed them" to mean that the spiritual rock accompanied the children of Israel, companioning with them—"comitante petra," not "petra consequente," Christ being spiritually present in the word and by faith.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
