voyage
noun
a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
were voyaging
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past progressiveof voyage.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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He had written a lot about the rocket his heroes were voyaging in, but nothing on how it worked.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Captain Passford, senior, presented to his son an 361 elegant house, built and magnificently furnished while Christy and his wife were voyaging in European waters.
From A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic
Half an hour later they were voyaging down the bay, and in an hour were in the woods.
From The Deaves Affair by Hulbert Footner
On that occasion he displayed much interest in the aeroplane in which they were voyaging over plains, mountains and rivers on their remarkable trip.
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap
He told them that we were voyaging to our own country, and that we had landed here to await the arrival of another ship.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston
