Example Sentences

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Prior to the interruption, Voyager 1 had been traversing a mysterious new region of interstellar space—perhaps an enormous swell of pressure or a cloud of ancient plasma—and scientists are eager to resume the investigation.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2024

With no electricity and supplies almost gone, "desperate" locals had been traversing floodwaters where large crocodiles had been seen, he said.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023

“Being myself and not caring what other people think,” said Ginny, a camper who was wearing the dark-green romper and platform wedges she had been traversing nature in with surprising ease.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

“Smile, smile, we calm,” Ms. Okpokwasili advises toward the end, breaking from the hypnotic, repetitive diagonal that she and Ms. Chipaumire had been traversing.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2012

The steps thus led upward toward the very passage-way which Harry had been traversing.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James