trudge
verb (used without object)
to walk, especially laboriously or wearily.
had trudged
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past perfectof trudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Heading into Texas, Philadelphia had trudged past the Packers 10-7, then crawled over the Lions 16-9.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Carvana, which also packages and sells loans as asset-backed securities, had trudged through the chaos largely unscathed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
Attendee Paul Reder told Reuters on Sunday that he knew of a few who had trudged out to the highway or defied officials and driven out.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023
I remembered the legend of how he had come to the college, a barefoot boy who in his fervor for education had trudged with his bundle of ragged clothing across two states.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
