vacation
noun
a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday.
were vacationing
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past progressiveof vacation.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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In 2014, while Duncan and I were vacationing in Olympic National Park, a sign for the “Duncan Memorial Tree” caught our attention.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Several months later my husband and I were vacationing on Cape Cod.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Esther Nakajjigo, a Ugandan, and her new husband, Frenchman Ludovic Michaud, were vacationing in eastern Utah in June 2020 and visited the national park.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
The student’s parents are stuck in New Zealand, where they were vacationing, so he is on his own in their comfy home in the countryside.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
And how would Dancing Trout guests react if it suddenly occurred to them they were vacationing in a state of siege?
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
