plodded; plodding
1
: to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge
2
a
: to walk heavily or slowly : trudge
b
: to proceed slowly or tediously
the movie's plot just plods along
: to tread slowly or heavily along or over
Synonyms
Examples of plod in a Sentence
We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles.
I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment.
We plodded our way across the muddy field.
He plodded through his work.
The day was plodding along.
Recent Examples on the Web
She’s spent many nights just like this, sleeping on the uneven floor of a dining tent curled up next to a tangle of cords and radios and solar batteries to keep it all going as her team plods through a dangerous and foolish darkness.
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Cory Richards, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
Though differences among the surfaces are still significant, the gaps between the lightning-quick speed of a grass court, the plodding, slow pace of red clay and the middle-ground hard court have shrunk over the years.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
In Brooklyn, an entrance to Prospect Park briefly took on the appearance of a wide stream, and New Yorkers in rain boots plodded through knee-high waters.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
The instruction manual’s decline has been slow and plodding, like the act of going through a manual itself.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 June 2024
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Cory Richards, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
Though differences among the surfaces are still significant, the gaps between the lightning-quick speed of a grass court, the plodding, slow pace of red clay and the middle-ground hard court have shrunk over the years.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
In Brooklyn, an entrance to Prospect Park briefly took on the appearance of a wide stream, and New Yorkers in rain boots plodded through knee-high waters.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
The instruction manual’s decline has been slow and plodding, like the act of going through a manual itself.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 June 2024
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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