Collocations for "journey"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "journey" in context.
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journey
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [long, hard, difficult] journey
- an [incredible, important, amazing] journey
- on a [spiritual, emotional] journey
- took them on a journey [to, through]
- is a journey you have to take alone
- [take, go on] a journey to
- [plan, begin, plot] a journey
- the journey to [citizenship, enlightenment, success]
- the journey of [discovery, faith, life]
- a journey through [time, space, the desert]
- a journey into the [unknown, darkness]
- a journey from [London]
- a journey around the [island, world, continent]
- [on, during] the journey back from
- [on] the journey [home, north]
- and the return journey
- the journey towards [perfection, graduation]
- a journey by [plane, car, train]
- an hour's journey by [plane]
- (have a) safe journey!
- seems like a never-ending journey
- journeyed to the [moon, ends of the earth, stars]
- journeyed through the [jungle, desert, war zone]
- journeyed to [Norway]
- journeyed from [New York] to [San Francisco]
- journeying in search of
- journeying by [land, sea, air, car, train, bus]
- journey back to the year [1892]
- journeyed across [America]
- journeying around [America]
- journey down the wrong [road, path] (in life)
- journey [overnight, at night, all day]
'journey' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adventure
- adventurous
- approximately
- barren
- blog
- bumpy
- companion
- complete
- deeply
- devious
- duration
- endless
- estimated
- everlasting
- fatigue
- ferry
- forth
- fraught
- frightening
- hazardous
- hero
- horrible
- how
- incident
- incredible
- inward
- killer
- leg
- lengthy
- map
- mare
- mile
- needless
- nightmare
- one
- onward
- outbound
- outgoing
- outward
- pest
- pitfall
- resume
- return
- savage
- shattered
- shrine
- sight
- six
- standby
- time