lug
verb (used with object)
to pull or carry with force or effort.
lugged
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past participleof lug.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lug.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lugverb (used with object)to pull or carry with force or effort.
Example Sentences
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But he grew especially animated when we talked about the small wooden end table we had lugged outside to the backyard for the interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Inventory had to be lugged up a flight of stairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
In the same central train stations of that city, old women then sold carrots and beets from cardboard boxes they had lugged from their country homes.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
Valeria Serna of climate nonprofit Resilient Palisades recently purchased a 500-gallon water tank on her own dime and lugged it to several neighborhoods that lacked water access.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
The Cobras stayed, and Maniac, clamping the struggling Mars Bar for dear life, lugged him down a gauntlet of seething eyes to the door and the street.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
