trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
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Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
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Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Even a sleepless trudge through a four-day Oregon wilderness race reflects a drive beyond discomfort and around norms.
—Outside Online, 29 June 2024
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Verb
Messi, meanwhile, trudged back to the center circle with his head down.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
The slow, wearisome trudge towards Everton’s new dawn continues.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Even a sleepless trudge through a four-day Oregon wilderness race reflects a drive beyond discomfort and around norms.
—Outside Online, 29 June 2024
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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