trek
verb (used without object)
to travel or migrate slowly or with difficulty, often through rough or unsettled territory.
is trekking
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present progressiveof trek (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now, the recent Tuskegee University graduate is trekking around trees in Hazel Green, Alabama, in fire gear and sweltering heat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
He is trekking 200km through the chilly Cantabrian Mountains along part of the Camino pilgrim route.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2022
The father of man who died after a cardiac arrest is trekking 29 miles on the day of what would have been his son's 29th birthday.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2022
Lisa Hallet told the Times she had last spoken to her boyfriend Peter Roddis, who is trekking in the Annapurna region, on Wednesday.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2014
In the spring, fifteen thousand homesteads will be thrown open for entry, so that presently it will seem that all creation is trekking this way.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
