plodding
Example Sentences
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"Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish - though Sheeran's hooks remain strong," she wrote.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
Plodding along in hand-me-down tennis shoes too big for his feet, the older boy tripped, and the wheelbarrow tumbled over.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021
Plodding toward such an occasion, given his gray hair, could have been expected.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2020
Plodding joggers tended to live longer than those who were faster.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2015
Plodding ’long behind the cap’n was keeping all ’em worries and thoughts at bay, but it was also giving me a ’preciation ’bout me and Ma’s talk ’bout working in the fields.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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