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

The fires came as many were vacationing in Viña del Mar in the country’s Valparaíso region, and roared through hillside settlements where many older residents were not able to escape.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

All were vacationing in a waterfront rental home that was engulfed by the blaze in the pre-dawn hours Friday along North Virginia Dare Trail.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Several months later my husband and I were vacationing on Cape Cod.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

When my wife, Marie, and I were vacationing in Australia one summer, we decided to visit a site with well-preserved Aboriginal rock paintings in the desert near the town of Menindee.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond