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 through Ferragamo’s life, the documentary layers talking-head interviews with archival footage and photographs.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
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
Begging the rioters for tolerance, More’s character says, “Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,/ Their babies at their backs, with their poor luggage,/ Plodding to th’ports and coasts for transportation.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2016
Plodding slowly up the last few steps to the summit, I had the sensation of being underwater, of life moving at quarter speed.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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