sojourn
noun
a temporary stay.
sojourning
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present participleof sojourn.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Part of this is in the rich tradition of European reporters sojourning in the United States who find casual grotesques about Americans far more lucrative and less taxing than actually trying to meet the natives.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
Moreover, a little solo sojourning is good for all of us.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Leaves collect as the door opens to new, returning and — because the Bookstore is one of those havens and Tannenbaum one of those raconteurs — sojourning customers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Part of Santa Barbara-based California Youth Theatre, it featured underage auteurs on summer break sojourning in a rickety school bus to packed playhouses around the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
The most remarkable passage relates to the arch-conspirator Guye Fawkes, who must have been sojourning at Venice at that time.
From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Joseph Hunter
