plod
verb (used without object)
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.
are plodding
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present progressiveof plod.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Plane crash investigations around the world are plodding, meticulous work, with results often not seen for months, or years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
They are plodding, one-dimensional, straight-forward marching fighters with average speed and reflexes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
At 3-5 and 1-4 in the conference, the Huskers are plodding through another potential disappointing season.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
One thing the four movies do have in common is an inability to deliver a decent action sequence: Burton’s are plodding and tame, Schumacher’s simply incoherent.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2019
Dream out your dream, and I will vouch for it that, however stupidly and sleepily men are plodding on, this lightning-stroke of genius will dash the scales from their eyes!
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse
