plod
verb (used without object)
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.
Example Sentences
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"We just have to keep going as best we can, we have to keep plodding on."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
This seems useful: the computer taking on work that plodding through yourself takes your time but brings no emotional payoff or personal growth.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Denton’s late-summer start date shows that Nike’s turnaround is plodding along, but will take time.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Still, the production design has imaginatively askew takes on the mundane: gridded jail cells, plodding space buses, clumsy oxygen suits that shimmy on with a satisfying squeak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Through one patch a white cow was plodding, seemingly up to her belly in blood.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
