plural drudgeries
Examples of drudgery in a Sentence
He hated the drudgery of his job.
in the “good old days” household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure
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Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
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Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Perhaps there is a way to acknowledge head-on that recovery is, essentially, drudgery, and to make that compelling onstage.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
The drudgery is real, even at this income tier, as the Miami Heat wind their way though this western swing of five games in seven nights, including Thursday night’s matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The previous decade included the organizational mayhem of Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and the drudgery of Tokyo in 2020, a joyless experience that unfolded in empty venues of a city that had no interest in staging the event as Japan and the rest of the world tried to emerge from the scourge of COVID-19.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
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Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Perhaps there is a way to acknowledge head-on that recovery is, essentially, drudgery, and to make that compelling onstage.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
The drudgery is real, even at this income tier, as the Miami Heat wind their way though this western swing of five games in seven nights, including Thursday night’s matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The previous decade included the organizational mayhem of Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and the drudgery of Tokyo in 2020, a joyless experience that unfolded in empty venues of a city that had no interest in staging the event as Japan and the rest of the world tried to emerge from the scourge of COVID-19.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Drudgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drudgery. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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