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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

They were "soldiering;" and from time immePage 61morial soldier had been an adjective to express uselessness, or that which was so easy as to pass no man's ability.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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)

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