plodded

past tense of plod
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plodded
Verb
  • Betsy’s love labored between two living losses.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In service jobs, Black workers labored as porters, chauffeurs, and servers; in manufacturing plants, white supremacist pseudoscience was harnessed to justify forcing Black workers to perform the most difficult and dangerous work.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But even on a night where Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards scored 31, no one was better than Dončić, who only stumbled when the Lakers tried to get him to 50 points.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Abdi stumbled, and only kept himself upright by leaning with both hands on his cane.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stephens said there were signs of a struggle, and Thomas' body had been dragged about 180 feet into the woods.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Whether the week dragged or flew by, the weekend has arrived — and so have a host of events across the Sacramento region, from family outings and concerts to high school football and college sports.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And after Paulsen’s five seasons in Washington, several of those Shanahan-tree coaches indeed shuffled Paulsen from building to building, staff to staff.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Backpacks borne and carry-ons in tow, travelers at Miami International Airport shuffled through serpentine security lines on Friday.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her sister struggled for years with substance use, leading their mother to assume custody of her sister's two children.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tour rookie Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark trudged through the past three weeks but said Sunday the conditions were a part of golf.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Kyle Shanahan’s team has trudged its way to 4-2.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Modern Wall Street has killed just about everything cool that walks or crawled at one time or another.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The van’s driver then crawled out of his vehicle’s window, crossed over a median and was instantly struck by a car speeding in the opposite direction, which was broadcast by the news helicopter following the chase.
    Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At Stella McCartney, a pair of slouchy patent leather square-toe boots stomped down the catwalk.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When Empower Field hosted the CONCACAF Nations League final between the United States and Mexico in 2021, the building stomped and shook like a Saturday at College Station, Texas, or Madison, Wis.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Plodded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plodded. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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