plodded; plodding
1
: to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge
2
a
: to walk heavily or slowly : trudge
b
: to proceed slowly or tediously
the movie's plot just plods along
: to tread slowly or heavily along or over
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Examples of plod in a Sentence
We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles.
I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment.
We plodded our way across the muddy field.
He plodded through his work.
The day was plodding along.
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Tether has been steadily plodding up all year, now at the highest market cap that it's ever attained.
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Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
The team also ditched its plodding 1-3-1 neutral zone trap in favor of more offensive-minded 1-2-2, a formation Kopitar said has made the team dynamic.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
And the storm was still plodding north, toward East Tennessee, saturated in recent days by at least 4 inches of rain from a separate system.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The band composes ephemeral songs within songs, bending genres along the way—plodding organ funk may give way to bright, searching major-key bliss rock.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
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Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
The team also ditched its plodding 1-3-1 neutral zone trap in favor of more offensive-minded 1-2-2, a formation Kopitar said has made the team dynamic.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
And the storm was still plodding north, toward East Tennessee, saturated in recent days by at least 4 inches of rain from a separate system.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The band composes ephemeral songs within songs, bending genres along the way—plodding organ funk may give way to bright, searching major-key bliss rock.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for plod
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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