journey
noun
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip.
had been journeying
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past perfect progressiveof journey.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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But it was not until they had been journeying a full month, after their escape from the Mayubuna, that their next really important adventure befell.
From Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Hodgson, Edward S.
It was toward this rendezvous that Pachuca had been journeying when he stopped to raid the Athens mining camp.
From Across the Mesa by Pitz, Henry Clarence
"I feel as if I had been journeying for days," said John, sitting down, "and had seen the sights of far-distant worlds."
From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton
We had been journeying on for ten or twelve days when one night we camped on the shore of a lake-like river.
From By Canoe and Dog-Train by Young, Egerton Ryerson
He had, of course, lost all bearing now, but he soon found that they had been journeying eastward since leaving the coast.
From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton
