trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Told to make their own way, Abdullah trudged six miles on a path lighted only by the glow from her phone as rain turned the ground to mud.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Although Aspen is both an all-year town, as January trudges on, Vogue has compiled our favorite local haunts and buzzy hangouts for the season.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
In one instance, the couple trudged through a Canadian snowstorm in order to shop the famous Hornstein collection.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Told to make their own way, Abdullah trudged six miles on a path lighted only by the glow from her phone as rain turned the ground to mud.
—Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
Word spread about a beautiful beach called Haad Rin, a one-mile strip of pearl-white sand flanked by rocky outcrops on the southern tip of neighboring Koh Phangan, which was only accessible by longtail boat or an epic trudge through jungle paths.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Although Aspen is both an all-year town, as January trudges on, Vogue has compiled our favorite local haunts and buzzy hangouts for the season.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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