plod
verb (used without object)
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.
has been plodding
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present perfect progressiveof plod (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Jon Gruden won a skirmish Monday in his civil lawsuit against the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell that has been plodding through a state court for four years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
What was once Hurricane Florence has been plodding across North Carolina, turning cities into islands, and in some cases, neighborhoods into islands within those islands.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2018
Until recently progress has been plodding, partly because the materials in degradable devices have to satisfy a long list of criteria, including strength, durability, safety and even the ability to show up on an x-ray.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 6, 2015
As hasty an overreach as Wise thought PETA’s legal gambit to be, the Nh.R.P.'s has been plodding and precise.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2014
The pastor who has been plodding along the familiar ways of an uninspiring parish will never be content to suffer his people to travel in the old ruts or to countenance out-worn and inefficient methods.
From Religion and the War by Various
