journey
noun
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip.
was journeying
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past progressiveof journey.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Now, as a filmmaker, she was journeying, planet by planet, through that cosmos just as her documentary about it waited to air.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2016
One day, as he was journeying from Africa to England, he leaped from the ship, drowned.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was when the ugly duchess was journeying to her marriage.
From Time Magazine Archive
An hour later, Cosel, hidden in a carriage, was journeying towards Pillnitz.
From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
Before I had gone very far I overtook Farmer Goodenough, who was journeying in the same direction, and almost immediately afterwards we met Jane Brown.
From Windyridge by W. Riley
