during
/ˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/ preposition A2- For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending. · I lived with my parents during the 1970s.· This shop, which was among the few able to stay open during the war, is closed during the whole of August.
- At any time or period within a given time interval or while a given event is ongoing. · I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s.· Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.
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They passed by several of these houses during the afternoon, and sometimes people came to the doors and looked at them as if they would like to ask questions; but no one came near them nor spoke to them because of the great Lion, of which they were very much afraid.
During the rest of that day there was no other adventure to mar the peace of their journey.
“’Tis true, madame,” answered he, “that my father was a Girondin, but he was not among the number of those who voted for the king’s death; he was an equal sufferer with yourself during the Reign of Terror, and had well-nigh lost his head on the same scaffold on which your father perished.”
Gardiner and Elizabeth talked of all that had occurred during their visit, as they returned, except what had particularly interested them both.
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