slogged; slogging
1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
slogger
noun
1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of war—
Michael Gorra
Michael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slog—M. S. Forbes
M. S. Forbes2
: a hard dogged march or journey
Examples of slog in a Sentence
Verb
He slogged away at the paperwork all day.
She slogged through her work.
She slogged her way through her work.
We've been slogging along for hours.
He slogged through the deep snow.
They slogged their way through the snow.
Noun
It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
It was a long slog up the mountain.
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David Aldridge, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But the Front Street entertainment district, for example, wasn’t completed until 2010, and its first lease signed two years later as the country slogged through a deep recession.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
The Heat slogs through an uncharacteristically bad season but the winning history of Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra earn credibility and the assumption of a bounceback year.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But that wasn’t the point of slogging through an 18-64 season.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But the Front Street entertainment district, for example, wasn’t completed until 2010, and its first lease signed two years later as the country slogged through a deep recession.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2025
Noun
Both of them witnessed the slow, painful slogs to recovery every time a major storm hit Florida.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
The Heat slogs through an uncharacteristically bad season but the winning history of Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra earn credibility and the assumption of a bounceback year.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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