trudge
verb (used without object)
to walk, especially laboriously or wearily.
is trudging
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present progressiveof trudge (3rd person singular).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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Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
In it, Viola is trudging with other marchers, her face older, careworn.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2017
At present, in an arrangement that is typical, the Wart is trudging along carrying a dead creature to serve as a lure, while Kay, walking in front of him, carries the hawk.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 2, 2015
As he nears us, I see his shoulders heavily hunched over and his feet drag as if he is trudging through mud.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
