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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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
The bus drivers do nothing to enforce the rules, and we seniors are left trudging down the bus aisle while the people in the seats smirk, look at their phones and talk to each other.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The waitress pours coffee, serves up eggs, and delivers laconic, deadpan observations of the daily trudge and schlep; the nitpicks from lurking owners about the endless sidework of restocking condiments and straws; and the customers who try to guess the waitress’s ethnicity.
—Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
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Verb
The low-income working Floridians who trudge from one job to another, trying to make ends meet.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
The bus drivers do nothing to enforce the rules, and we seniors are left trudging down the bus aisle while the people in the seats smirk, look at their phones and talk to each other.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
Now the nearly two-month trudge to the ceremony itself begins.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The waitress pours coffee, serves up eggs, and delivers laconic, deadpan observations of the daily trudge and schlep; the nitpicks from lurking owners about the endless sidework of restocking condiments and straws; and the customers who try to guess the waitress’s ethnicity.
—Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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