Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wading
Verb
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Wroblewski began trudging through the snow with his luggage to Hughes’ actual home.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 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
Verb
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This left the ruling Labour Party scrabbling.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Mock suggests using gentle cleaning tools to avoid scratching the flooring.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Dishwasher Tablet Use a damp dishwasher tablet (not a pod) to scrub away grease from the inside of your glass oven door without scratching.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
6 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, Lonesome Dove brings to bear a classical judgment of humanity as hostage to circumstance destiny, in the end, exerting its will with certainty, a grip that no man, however spirited, ever eludes.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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Part of the reason Trump is so keen on exerting greater control over the Fed is its power over the value of money.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Wading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wading. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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