plod
Example Sentences
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Caroline, from County Durham, was divorced in 2002 and says she "plodded along for a bit" before being persuaded by a friend to give dating apps a try.
From BBC
The only sound was the squelching of their feet as they plodded on.
From Literature
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If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?
The story is plodding, the characters are boring and earnest, and the supposed comic-relief act provided by the trio of stumblebums on Arco’s trail is a wince-inducing failure.
Akira plodded forward, trying to get them someplace where there was no smoke, no fire.
From Literature
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