How to Use drudge in a Sentence

drudge

1 of 2 verb

• The simplest remedies feel like weights drudged up from the bottom of the ocean.
  — Jen Hatmaker, Health.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• The majority of what scientists know about this deep-sea creature comes from corpses drudged up in trawl nets.
  — National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2017
• So spare a thought on Tuesday for the half-million teenagers drudging through derivatives.
  — James Markarian, WSJ, 14 May 2018
• While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal.
  — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
• Banter and body-hugging clothing are not interchangeable with the word yes, of course, but the defense also drudged up video evidence, in which the pair could be seen returning to her dorm.
  — refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• While drudging through hateful comments can definitely make a negative impact on your mental health, reading kind comments out loud could act as an antidote.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2017
• One search drudged up an advertisement for an upcoming story about an orphan named Jack Engle in a paper that Whitman was known to have written for.
  — Aaron Sidder, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2017
• Unsurprisingly, the experiment has also drudged up questions about the ethics of animal cloning and animal testing, both highly contentious fields of research.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2018
• The defense tried to discredit Constand and the other women, attacking their credibility and drudging up their past misbehaviors.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 26 Apr. 2018
• In the last few years AI companies have been reportedly shifting from training their models with the help of data annotators (who, in some instances, have experienced allegedly exploitative and toxic working conditions) doing drudging work in developing countries.
  — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026

drudge

2 of 2 noun

• She was tired of working as an office drudge.
• This work week has been a drudge, and the first two espresso shots are not keeping pace.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 12 Aug. 2022
• Even with the inevitable drudge work, morale in the special unit remains high.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
• Wendy’s also is trying to drop the drudge of cleaning bacon grease off ovens.
  — Eric Morath, WSJ, 24 June 2018
• Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
• Finally, give the drone scouts the drudge work, such as tediously scouring a large area.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
• Quincy, who also enjoys playing the drums, said training isn't a drudge.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Some of the routine tasks given to new hires are drudge work and not a learning experience.
  — Justin Hotard, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
• As any power-walker, commuter or chore drudge could tell you, the podcast is the multitasker’s best friend.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021
• Sure, a competent operating person would be nice, to offload some of the drudge work.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
• Freed from drudge work, these workers should be empowered to focus on more creative tasks and problem-solving.
  — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2024
• For years, men have weaponized incompetence to avoid office drudge work, often leaving it to women.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
• There, software and robotics automate much of the drudge work of organism design.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
• Blake Bortles needs a lifeline, a safety vest, perhaps a hand up, to pull himself from the drudge of a career implosion.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• This type of automation can also lead to a better employee experience as drudge work slides off their plates.
  — Gil Allouche, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• Chances are, you’ve been told to do all your high-level creative tasks in the morning and to save the boring drudge work (like answering emails) until later in the day.
  — Pia Silva, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
  — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
• His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2019
• Their companies do everything from taking some of the drudge work out of accounting to helping Americans maximize their credit card rewards.
  — Rina Torchinsky, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• The new reality of the past couple years has undoubtedly come with new routines — like instead of that daily drudge through the sticky streets to catch your train, your commute now may consist of moving from your bed to your couch.
  — R29 Unbothered, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• Samuel Johnson used similar language—harmless drudge—to describe the lexicographer who compiles a dictionary.
  — Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2022
• Such an ambitious undertaking can only be achieved with the help of the CAD program, which can automate much of the drudge work and let researchers focus on high-level design.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2021
• Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities?
  — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
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  — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 2 July 2018