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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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The company envisions a future where data is unified into a single layer, AI agents run 24/7 at machine speed and analysts orchestrate outcomes rather than slog through queues.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
But the country faces quite a slog to achieve that.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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
The company envisions a future where data is unified into a single layer, AI agents run 24/7 at machine speed and analysts orchestrate outcomes rather than slog through queues.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
In what is otherwise a slog of a show, Black Rabbit gets structurally creative in the sixth episode when the events of a robbery at the restaurant are shown from different perspectives.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
But the country faces quite a slog to achieve that.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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