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
Synonyms
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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Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
That was it for fireworks in the second as the game slogged along at a low hum.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2024
John Hollinger, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Now, the looming threat of an even longer legal slog has compounded that confusion.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Verb
For a Bucs team that started 4-6, was swept by the Falcons and slogged through a four-game midseason losing skid, Sunday was the perfect ending to the regular season.
—Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
That was it for fireworks in the second as the game slogged along at a low hum.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
Miami’s offseason was loaded with bloated contracts for the role players who turned around their season, and the result was two years of mediocrity and a slog of digging their way out.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Now, the looming threat of an even longer legal slog has compounded that confusion.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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