journey
noun
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip.
were 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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The young men were journeying through various periods of transition in their sports careers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
You were journeying around the country, visiting one public radio station after another.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2020
A follow-up call from one of the participants led to more trips to D.C., and suddenly Boback and Hopkins were journeying through the shadow world of the post-9/11 national-security establishment.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Soon, pilgrims from all over Christendom were journeying to Myra to seek the gifts of protection and healing from the saint, who was said to be especially attentive to children.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2018
The three cosmonauts were journeying to a Soviet space station, the Salyut 7, where they would rendezvous with two other cosmonauts who had been at the station for six months.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
