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
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.
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The civil case has plodded along within the confines imposed by White’s order staying proceedings.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
On the left, to the east, four thousand mercenaries plodded through the underbrush.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
But as the nineteenth century plodded onward, abolitionists had developed increasingly persuasive arguments for emancipation, provoking slaveowners to answer with a vicious theory of Black inferiority to defend bondage.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The third set plodded on with consistent serving until Popyrin found himself 15-40 at 4-5.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
On the left, to the east, four thousand mercenaries plodded through the underbrush.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
But as the nineteenth century plodded onward, abolitionists had developed increasingly persuasive arguments for emancipation, provoking slaveowners to answer with a vicious theory of Black inferiority to defend bondage.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The third set plodded on with consistent serving until Popyrin found himself 15-40 at 4-5.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for plod
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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