trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The bulls claim that trend justifies today’s valuations, and that EPS can keep rolling in double digits while national income trudges at a nominal 5% or so.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The next morning a young man, who Colocousis said showed up in a Jeep with New York plates, trudged across a thin layer of snow to his doorstep.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
Noun
Altuve flung his bat and began a slow trudge toward second base.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
The bulls claim that trend justifies today’s valuations, and that EPS can keep rolling in double digits while national income trudges at a nominal 5% or so.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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