plodded

Example Sentences

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We plodded through the powder, passing deer tracks as we moved, until we reached a small clearing with several promising candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

He "understands" the very vocal frustration of the fans made clear - again - as the players plodded off the pitch.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

We plodded through an obsidian darkness, one deliberate step at a time, our headlamp beams illuminating the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

Finally, a gray uniform appeared among them, and an officer in his early thirties plodded up, stuck a key in the gate, and pulled it aside.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover