trudge
Frequently Asked Questions
- The kids just trudged upstairs to bed.
- We were trudging through the muddy field, hoping to find our way back to the trail.
- The walk up the hill to the old church is a real trudge.
Example Sentences
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We trudge through entire chapters bearing names like “The Sea and the Desert” or “The Beach Again” without meeting another living soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Analysts have pointed to a few reasons they believe stocks are set to trudge higher into New Year’s Day.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 21, 2025
“Although almost all of those still kind of trudge along in some state or another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
As people in Hammanskraal trudge up to the water tank to get their share, the road is littered with election posters.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
Mark and Alec huddled over the workpad together, sitting under the shade of a tree as the sun continued to trudge its way across the sky.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
In a country better known for industrial farming, highly processed food and suspiciously long-lasting bread, Chuck Childers rises before dawn and trudges off to operate one of America's oldest functioning gristmills.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
For now, Zombie LIV trudges on at a tournament in Mexico City that neither you or I are watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Or throws on his mountaineering boots and a heavy backpack and trudges up and down slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
He lingers a little longer, turns, and trudges off, dissolving into the darkness.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Die-hards like my pals trudged on, buoyed by generational talent Mike Trout and the occasional flash-in-the-pan prospect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Wodehouse caper: “Jacqui Cutler trudged into her expansive kitchen, looking every bit as worn out and miserable as someone who had spent the morning digging potatoes, which she most certainly had not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Worn down, he muted the show, handed it over to another host and trudged up the stairs to his office to do the math manually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Hazel trudged forward, down the long blocks to the park with the good sledding hill.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
From one end of their 800-mile-long, crocodile-shaped Caribbean island to the other, Cubans are suffering through hot, sleepless nights and trudging through exhaustion and hunger by day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The image of Zinedine Zidane trudging past the pitchside World Cup trophy is legendary.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
For all the times that feeding yourself feels like trudging through a fog of obligation, sometimes a craving arrives fully formed, as if it’s been plotting in the background.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025
Johnson was dismissed in the 55th minute after clattering into Lopez, a needless challenge that initially earned a yellow card from Erik Lambrechts before VAR sent him trudging to the dressing room.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
“It needs some work,” said Mr. Beaver, trudging through the thick weeds, “but this ought to do the job.”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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