trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Messi trudged off the field quickly and headed straight to the locker room, in no mood for post-game salutations.
—Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
That can just become a bit of a trudge.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
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Verb
When the game ended, following Mosley’s postgame comments to the team, Suggs trudged in his flip-flops to the team’s therapy areas.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Messi trudged off the field quickly and headed straight to the locker room, in no mood for post-game salutations.
—Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
The bulls claim that trend justifies today’s valuations, and that EPS can keep rolling in double-digits while national income trudges at a nominal 5% or so.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
That can just become a bit of a trudge.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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