plodder
Example Sentences
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He rose to prominence as an ambitious plodder — as someone difficult for his colleagues to attack because he never had anything remotely interesting to say.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
In Washington he was a plodder and a plotter, eventually winning notice and repeatedly winning re-election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Another vastley overrated plodder hyped up by the English media.
From BBC ● May 30, 2015
Nyad is a plodder; she says she averages less than 2 miles per hour.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2013
And if I do not kill my people it is because I have no originality, I am a plodder, a second-rate man!
From Carlyon Sahib by Gilbert Murray
