Example Sentences

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All season, the Trailblazers had been plodding along preparing for the inevitable matchup of No. 1 vs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

That 1973 informant report ignited what had been, up until that point, a plodding and inconclusive investigation into what had already been known about King’s murder.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

The look of the defeated— his father’s look—big, plodding strawberry farmer.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson