voyage
noun
a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
was voyaging
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past progressiveof voyage.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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My own memory, however, was jogged as I read that Gretel was voyaging from Australia to the U.S. as deck cargo aboard a freighter.
From Time Magazine Archive
One cloud, as large as a continent, was voyaging near the sun, whilst other clouds seemed anchored to the horizon, too lazy or too happy to move.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
The lady had become jealous of a fair princess, who was voyaging on board the Florida, and had fallen in love with her lord.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
The soul of her, the suffering soul, was voyaging through the mist with Ruffo, was voyaging through the mist and through the night with—her Sicilian and all the perfect past.
From A Spirit in Prison by Robert Smythe Hichens
Even Schenk, though he was in charge of valuable stores and was voyaging against time, was quite clear that the men must have permission for some kind of beano.
From Greenmantle by John Buchan
