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
On the now daily trudge to work through the snow and ice, I came across a mum and daughter scraping their car clear of heavy snow.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 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
On a blistering summer day, Aduba quickly styled her hair in Bantu knots as she prepared to trudge to another round of back-to-back auditions, certain more nos were on the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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
A disconsolate-looking Abdallah Sima trudges off - yet another injury problem for the Rangers manager.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
When Raphaël, a great slab of a man, trudges into the French film “Scarlet,” he carries an unbearable burden.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
When I finally made it to the relative safety of the highway, I thought of the end of his story “The Flight Instructor,” in which the narrator trudges through a blizzard on foot:
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
They were encountered by Spanish soldiers who first trudged and trekked north in the 1770s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
No wonder a few heads were bowed when players and staff trudged towards the away end at full-time following a 2-0 loss.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
So, while her classmates filed outside, Hazel slung her backpack over her shoulder and trudged down the hall to the counselor’s office.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
If you’re in line to watch three hours of Matt Damon trudging from Troy to Ithaca in The Odyssey, you might want to watch this at 3 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The image of Zinedine Zidane trudging past the pitchside World Cup trophy is legendary.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Another moment without Sally by his side is a moment spent trudging through a world, lost in its darkness.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 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
You were trudging through the Pit of Eternal Damnation!
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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