bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
had been bivouacking
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past perfect progressiveof bivouac.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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You look as if you had been bivouacking last night.
From Minna Von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
