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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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Those anger issues are what attract the heads of the network when our man makes the trudge down to the game-show recruiting office.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
And a painful season in FoCo trudges on.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
As Belichick and the Tar Heels trudge through a disappointing first season together, speculation has also continued to spread that both sides are looking to part ways less than one year into his five-year deal worth $10 million per season.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Those anger issues are what attract the heads of the network when our man makes the trudge down to the game-show recruiting office.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
Heavy rain and an understandable lack of jeopardy made the first half a bit of a trudge, enlivened by an excellent finish from Bukayo Saka on 28 minutes which put the hosts 1-0 up.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
And a painful season in FoCo trudges on.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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