bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
has bivouacked
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present perfectof bivouac (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A U.S. disaster response team of more than 50 people has bivouacked in the atrium of the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2016
The league has bivouacked in that city for almost six years.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2012
Out here, Napoleon's centre at Probstheida, Where he has bivouacked.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
Inside the circus is an entire regiment; it has bivouacked there all night.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
The sportsman who has bivouacked in the woods of Maine will at once recognize the minute tormentors there known as "no-see-'ems."
From Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman
