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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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
As the first week of May comes to a close, President Donald Trump is still slogging through low approval ratings.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Who cares if the Huskies’ 67-59 win over Oklahoma on Friday night, in a slog of an 8/9 game, was unlike anything from the program’s past two postseasons?
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Arnold’s troops slogged through the mud, snow and dense forests of Maine, making as little as four or five miles of progress on some days.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
As the first week of May comes to a close, President Donald Trump is still slogging through low approval ratings.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
The Heat slogs through an uncharacteristically bad season but the winning history of Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra earn credibility and the assumption of a bounceback year.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Who cares if the Huskies’ 67-59 win over Oklahoma on Friday night, in a slog of an 8/9 game, was unlike anything from the program’s past two postseasons?
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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