- present participle of plod.
plodding
Example Sentences
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Denton’s late-summer start date shows that Nike’s turnaround is plodding along, but will take time.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
All season, the Trailblazers had been plodding along preparing for the inevitable matchup of No. 1 vs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
She never asked about the stores themselves, about what vegetables were selling, how the employees were working out, nothing ever about the painstaking, plodding nature of the work.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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