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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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Lewis kept trudging forward: he got married; settled in Atlanta; took a job at the Voter Education Project, which helped register voters across the South; and, in 1986, ran for Congress.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Outside Online, 29 June 2024
But the show’s more insistent trudges through Carmy’s psychic injuries in the most recent season felt frustrating; viewers were left uncertain of what was real and what was a trick of the mind.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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Verb
The dusty Ohtani trudged to the dugout as if marching through a nightmare.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Lewis kept trudging forward: he got married; settled in Atlanta; took a job at the Voter Education Project, which helped register voters across the South; and, in 1986, ran for Congress.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
Even a sleepless trudge through a four-day Oregon wilderness race reflects a drive beyond discomfort and around norms.
—Outside Online, 29 June 2024
But the show’s more insistent trudges through Carmy’s psychic injuries in the most recent season felt frustrating; viewers were left uncertain of what was real and what was a trick of the mind.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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