ADJ
long, marathon | brief, short | outward | homeward, return
onward
After checking in at the hotel, we asked the receptionist about flights for our onward journey to Paris.
bus, car, rail, railway, train, etc. | five-mile, four-hour, etc.
comfortable, easy, good, pleasant, safe
The flight was comfortable and I slept most of the way.
arduous, awkward, bad, difficult, gruelling, hard, tedious, terrible, tiring, tortuous | dangerous, hazardous, perilous | overland | cross-country | daily | overnight
epic
The mountain climbers completed an epic journey to reach the summit after months of preparation.
wasted
I regretted taking that long drive to the store, as it turned out to be a wasted journey.
emotional, sentimental, spiritual
After years abroad, her sentimental journey home finally helped her understand her parents better.
VERB + JOURNEY
go on, have, make
We made an exciting journey across the country last summer visiting different cities.
break
We decided to break our journey halfway through and stay overnight at a small hotel.
begin, set out on
continue, resume
After the storm passed, we resumed our journey toward the coast.
complete
JOURNEY + VERB
take (sb)
My trip to the airport took longer than expected because of heavy traffic.
begin | end
JOURNEY + NOUN
time
PREP
on ~
My grandparents are on a journey across South America and will be gone for three months.
~ by
My grandfather preferred to travel by train rather than fly because he enjoyed watching the countryside during his journey by rail.
~ across, ~ between, ~ down
We took an exciting journey across the Sahara Desert last summer with our family.
~ from, ~ of
My family took a journey from London to Paris last summer by train.
~ through, ~ to
We drove through the mountains on our journey to the coast.
~ up
PHRASES
be tired after/from a journey, a leg/stage of a journey
After the long flight, we were tired from our journey and went straight to bed.