lodge
noun
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
were lodging
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past progressiveof lodge.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 iconic Watergate Hotel, it turned out, was one of the luxury hostelries where the troops were lodging — largely a contingent from Maine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2021
After that were lodging, island transportation, recreation, and of course food.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
Often they would slip away out of their hands, just as they were lodging them safely on the top, and fall over on one side of the wall, and break to pieces.
From Jonas on a Farm in Winter by Jacob Abbott
Peter leaped from his bed in consternation, and immediately sent to the apartments where his uncles, the brothers of his mother, were lodging, to summon them to come to him.
From Peter the Great by Jacob Abbott
So the accounts were settled with Mr. George, and Waldron was transferred to the hotel where his father and mother were lodging.
From Rollo in Scotland by Jacob Abbott
