were soldiering
- past progressive of soldier.
Example Sentences
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And so we were soldiering on, but not really knowing.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
Tell me, how about that old affair of which you once used to confide to me when we were soldiering together here, years back?
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Hough, Emerson
It was a still, calm night, the glorious moon was sailing through the sky; the river was running water; the clouds were cloudy; the soldiers were soldiering.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870 by Various
To kill in the King's name is surely no sin, else were soldiering a sin, and your reverend worthiness knows that, shriven or unshriven, the soldiers of Carlos Quinto go straight to heaven.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
One woman writes, ’She billeted with me when my husband and son were soldiering.
From The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" by Carpenter, Minnie Lindsay Rowell
