vacation
noun
a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday.
had been vacationing
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past perfect progressiveof vacation.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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Michael McGinnis said the department later learned the protester had been vacationing in Mexico and that the lieutenant also was aware of her trip.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
Hernandez, 45, had been vacationing in Colombia and was accompanying a friend to the Colombia-Venezuela border when he was intercepted on March 31, 2022, and turned over to Venezuelan security forces, according to his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Mr. Johnson, who had been vacationing in the Dominican Republic, won the backing of his former home secretary, Priti Patel, a significant endorsement from a prominent figure on the right wing of the Conservative Party.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
Trump Jr., who had been vacationing at Mar-a-Lago all week with his children, was on a boat fishing when the Mueller news broke Friday.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2019
Many of them were travelers who had been vacationing in the château country, visiting the cathedrals of Normandy, or enjoying the picturesque country of Brittany.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
