slogged; slogging
1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
slogger
noun
1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of war—
Michael Gorra
Michael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slog—M. S. Forbes
M. S. Forbes2
: a hard dogged march or journey
Examples of slog in a Sentence
Verb
He slogged away at the paperwork all day.
She slogged through her work.
She slogged her way through her work.
We've been slogging along for hours.
He slogged through the deep snow.
They slogged their way through the snow.
Noun
It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
It was a long slog up the mountain.
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Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
The Ravens' issues have been on defense, while the Chiefs offense has slogged through the season to this point.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The constellation of so many elements at the time looked to some critics like evidence that the film was just a tired slog through the usual clichés.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Many outdoorsy folks will happily slog for hours toward outdoor fun, despite the fact that any number of adventure derailing smackdowns await us.
—Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
The Ravens' issues have been on defense, while the Chiefs offense has slogged through the season to this point.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Grizzlies will lean on Jackson and the perennially questionable Morant, who has not played more than six consecutive games since March 2023 and has missed at least 20 games each of the last four seasons, and once again rely on superior depth to lift them through the slog of the regular season.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The constellation of so many elements at the time looked to some critics like evidence that the film was just a tired slog through the usual clichés.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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