plod
verb (used without object)
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.
have been plodding
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present perfect progressiveof plod.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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Improvements to Los Angeles International Airport have been plodding: The People Mover train’s opening date has been delayed again to June 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
It’s a different story in the United States, where efforts to adapt and mitigate American cities for severe storms and rising seas have been plodding.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
All this has come to pass while Josephine and I have been plodding along the route of all flesh, trying not to forget our early aspirations.
From The Opinions of a Philosopher by Robert Grant
It would have been plodding work to any who had lesser things at stake, but as it was the days passed almost as in a dream.
From The Web of the Golden Spider by Harrison Fisher
Since I bade good-by to you, up to this very evening, I have been plodding over a bridge that didn't exist, much to my own discomfort.
From A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr
