slogged; slogging
1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
slogger
noun
1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of war—
Michael Gorra
Michael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slog—M. S. Forbes
M. S. Forbes2
: a hard dogged march or journey
Synonyms
Examples of slog in a Sentence
Verb
He slogged away at the paperwork all day.
She slogged through her work.
She slogged her way through her work.
We've been slogging along for hours.
He slogged through the deep snow.
They slogged their way through the snow.
Noun
It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
It was a long slog up the mountain.
Recent Examples on the WebPhilip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
So the suit slogged ahead, creating a public record of Snap’s contentious founding.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
And once companies get initial approval, building a data center from scratch can take years, millions of dollars, and necessitate lengthy slogs through regulation and bureaucracy.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Verb
Before midnight, Joe Biden would slog through 90 minutes of a debate against Trump that even Biden’s closest allies privately admitted was a disaster.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
So the suit slogged ahead, creating a public record of Snap’s contentious founding.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
Noun
As Biden slogs through the post-debate tempest, the Trump campaign has no public events on its schedule for the week.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
And once companies get initial approval, building a data center from scratch can take years, millions of dollars, and necessitate lengthy slogs through regulation and bureaucracy.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 28 June 2024
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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