sojourn
noun
a temporary stay.
had been sojourning
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past perfect progressiveof sojourn.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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Mr. Lawrence Mechlin and wife came to New York to meet George's bride and her sister and take them to Long Branch, where they had been sojourning for the last two months.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
He had been sojourning at the State capitol.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day
He hastened to one of his country seats, where that nobleman had been sojourning for the time, but found him a very different man from that which he had appeared before.
From The King's Highway by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
On Thursday, September 6th, they set out from Dublin, where they had been sojourning at the "Ship" Hotel, in Dame Street, towards Assaune, where Greatrackes received his patients.
From Great Astronomers by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
She was pretty easy upon the score of being recognized now; for Mrs. Ducie and her daughters had been sojourning at Stalkenberg, and they did not know her in the least.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
