on vacation

Example Sentences

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It’s something I used to do on vacation, especially in my early 20s — change clothes before the hotel check-in, before the trip had technically begun.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The “lab” looked like a hotel room, though the ceiling-mounted camera and bedside monitoring equipment reminded me I wasn’t on vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“He wasn’t the kind of person who went on vacation and laid out in the sun by the pool,” Erin says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“I think a lot of people, when they go on vacation, they totally sign off and disconnect, but he stays connected.”

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann