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

On a team full of scoring savants, Pachulia is a low-post plodder.

From New York Times • May 15, 2017

Another vastley overrated plodder hyped up by the English media.

From BBC • May 30, 2015

He makes money, Mrs. Planter, too fast to bother with an old plodder like me.

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth