plodded; plodding
1
: to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge
2
a
: to walk heavily or slowly : trudge
b
: to proceed slowly or tediously
the movie's plot just plods along
: to tread slowly or heavily along or over
Synonyms
Examples of plod in a Sentence
We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles.
I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment.
We plodded our way across the muddy field.
He plodded through his work.
The day was plodding along.
Recent Examples on the Web
On November 10, after two weeks in the wet forests—plodding forward just four miles on average each day—Robbins must have spied some sign of Brown’s passage.
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
While that process plods along, Nees can continue to operate on patients for liposuction, including BBLs, and various other plastic surgeries.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
López Obrador has invested billions of dollars in refinery projects and in propping up the plodding state oil giant, Pemex.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
Europeans like to claim that their union was forged in crisis, but crisis management tends to suck the oxygen away from other efforts—including the plodding work of undertaking institutional reforms that must accompany enlargement.
—Laszlo Bruszt, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
While that process plods along, Nees can continue to operate on patients for liposuction, including BBLs, and various other plastic surgeries.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
López Obrador has invested billions of dollars in refinery projects and in propping up the plodding state oil giant, Pemex.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
Europeans like to claim that their union was forged in crisis, but crisis management tends to suck the oxygen away from other efforts—including the plodding work of undertaking institutional reforms that must accompany enlargement.
—Laszlo Bruszt, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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