JOURNEY in a Sentence

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279 example sentences for JOURNEY, such as:

1. The long journey completely drained me.
2. His journey took him across Central Asia.
3. I could do that journey with my eyes shut.
4. The journey takes about an hour, door to door.
5. Lose yourself on a journey of epic proportions.

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 Meanings and Examples of JOURNEY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
journey
 n.  act of traveling from one place to another
 v.  travel upon or across
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I was surprised to find my companion speaking as though he were about to set out on a journey, since he had not said anything to me about it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  They were about to resume their journey when one of the youngest and keenest-eyed uttered an exclamation and pointed up at the rugged crag above them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken the hearts of the stoutest among them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
4  There, too, were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture lands, and trains of tired immigrants, men and horses equally weary of their interminable journey.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
5  Funds were wanting, however, and for some time he had to return to work, saving every dollar for his approaching journey.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
6  She was very cleanly and plainly dressed, had country mud upon her shoes, and was newly come from a journey.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
7  Wamba seemed to feel the force of this appeal, and accompanied his companion, who began his journey after catching up a long quarter-staff which lay upon the grass beside him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  At present, if we indeed journey to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, we do so with my noble neighbour and countryman Athelstane of Coningsburgh, and with such a train as would set outlaws and feudal enemies at defiance.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  Meanwhile the travellers continued to press on their journey with a dispatch which argued the extremity of the Jew's fears, since persons at his age are seldom fond of rapid motion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  Wherefore I will lend ear to thy counsel, and this youth shall journey with us unto York, and our house shall be as a home to him until his wounds shall be healed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  In the morning his kind physician found him entirely free from feverish symptoms, and fit to undergo the fatigue of a journey.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  Yet such was the virtue of Miriam's balsam, or such the strength of Ivanhoe's constitution, that he did not sustain from the hurried journey that inconvenience which his kind physician had apprehended.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  Isaac acquiesced with a deep groan, and set forth on his journey, accompanied by two tall foresters, who were to be his guides, and at the same time his guards, through the wood.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  On the morrow, when Isaac proposed to arise and pursue his journey, Nathan remonstrated against his purpose, both as his host and as his physician.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
15  He then explained to Nathan the pressing cause of his journey.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
16  We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end.
17  Lose yourself on a journey of epic proportions.
18  The book describes a spiritual journey from despair to happiness.
19  His journey took him across Central Asia.
20  This long-distance coach calls at every stop along its journey.
21  The long journey completely drained me.
22  You should consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers at airport hotels.
23  I could do that journey with my eyes shut.
24  After such a long thirsty journey, the travelers drank deep of the fresh spring.
25  The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
26  My films try to describe a journey of discovery, both for myself and the watcher.
27  The journey takes about an hour, door to door.
28  The journey is easily manageable in half an hour.
29  Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.
30  He sold his farm and thus he had enough money for his journey.