trudge
verb (used without object)
to walk, especially laboriously or wearily.
trudges
Example Sentences
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On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
In a country better known for industrial farming, highly processed food and suspiciously long-lasting bread, Chuck Childers rises before dawn and trudges off to operate one of America's oldest functioning gristmills.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
For now, Zombie LIV trudges on at a tournament in Mexico City that neither you or I are watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
When the boy’s not looking, Jamie’s shoulders sag as he trudges up the stairs to Isla’s sickbed, showing us a hint of adult complexities he alone understands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
Belle trudges, kicking up dust, snow, stomping over frozen dead grass.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
