footslogging

present participle of footslog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for footslogging
Verb
  • Before the fourth official could hold up the board, the 29-year-old was already trudging off.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Many residents of Northern Indiana are trudging the long road to recovery more than a week after storms cause wide-ranging power outages.
    Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Imagine The Goonies with a half dozen adults tramping through the caves.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, a company has developed surf booties that claim to be barb-resistant — though swimmers are urged to still tread lightly to avoid trampling the rays.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The bull lived up to his reputation, bucking Dias off before trampling him in the dirt in five seconds.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • But mostly, Clancy has remained silent and wide-eyed, her gaze wandering around the courtroom as though searching for something.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • With Ernst Reijseger’s wonderfully varied score keeping pace, through folk fiddle and classical cello and stretches of wondering, wandering piano, there just have to be touches of fairytale and a dose of Looney Tunes.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The film is instead, in its strange and sometimes plodding manner, a call to simply sit and think about the contradictions of human character.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to sizzling 115-degree days, Las Vegas’ famous resorts and casinos are plodding through a tourism slump.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Today, the yard is full, teeming with edible plants wrapped around a central open area covered in clumping grass that creates a wave-like texture.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This also removes excess starch, keeping the pasta from clumping together.
    Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • What’s Happening Videos of people pouring Epsom salt onto baking sheets, towels or shower floors and stomping barefoot for roughly 10 minutes have racked up views across TikTok, with users claiming the practice eases anxiety and improves sleep.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Pembroke Pines police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was recorded on security-camera footage stomping an adult duck to death.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ohtani was seen shaking out his arm between swings and hobbling off and on for months.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Brendan McDermid | Reuters A Goldman Sachs partner leading one of the bank’s flagship artificial intelligence projects warned that AI’s spread across Wall Street risks hobbling the thinking capabilities of the next generation of financiers.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Footslogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footslogging. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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