sojourn
Example Sentences
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Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
More gave Holbein a place to stay while the painter was in London and became his most important patron during his two-year sojourn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Two of the astronauts will get into Starship HLS and descend to the moon’s surface for a roughly one-week sojourn.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
They didn’t want to be rushed into opening a new Taco María, so they decided a sojourn to Door County would be fun and also right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025
I had to shake my head, remembering how we all brought him food—sandwiches and cookies and stuff, but his sojourn didn’t last much beyond dinnertime.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
Vocabulary lists containing sojourn
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Grade 10, List 5
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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