travel
verb (used without object)
to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey.
were traveling
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past progressiveof travel.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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All four were traveling on their Israeli passports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Rowley and his fiancée, Stephanie Calderon, watched almost the entire incident in real time from their security cameras as they were traveling back from Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In Manta, the country's main fishing port, a group of people awaited news Friday of their relatives who, they said, were traveling on the boats targeted in the past two days.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
They were traveling via the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde when passengers became ill with high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
“They were traveling much quicker than I thought. I can see I had the perspective wrong before,” she murmured.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
