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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While the pharmaceutical companies plod along the long drug development and regulatory process required of new medications, some pharmacies have already leapt into the oral market by categorizing their products as duplicates of the injectable meds.
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Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
In the meantime, the plodding march into the uncertain next chapter of college sports realignment continues.
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Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
In the meantime, the plodding march into the uncertain next chapter of college sports realignment continues.
—Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
The flashback narrative is plodding, too, making a redundant case for parental concern that the audience would have accepted as normal behavior without explanation.
—Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
Vance plodded on, trying to dislodge some bit of affinity.
08.26.2024
Trump’s Grave Photo Op
Allison Jaslow often goes to Arlington National Cemetery to visit the fallen.
—The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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