slogged; slogging
1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
slogger
noun
1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of war—
Michael Gorra
Michael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slog—M. S. Forbes
M. S. Forbes2
: a hard dogged march or journey
Synonyms
Examples of slog in a Sentence
Verb
He slogged away at the paperwork all day.
She slogged through her work.
She slogged her way through her work.
We've been slogging along for hours.
He slogged through the deep snow.
They slogged their way through the snow.
Noun
It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
It was a long slog up the mountain.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Toss in the Buffalo Sabres slogging toward a 14th straight season sans playoffs, which would tie the New York Jets for the longest active drought among the big four North American sports, and the mood corrodes further.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Heather Knight, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Atlanta began a 13-day slog of a road trip on Sunday night with a rout of the spiraling Toronto Raptors, but the opposition gets much tougher from here, with the Denver Nuggets, the two L.A. teams and Phoenix over the next five games.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Verb
At night both children and adults alike can be seen slogging through the murky waters with homemade nets and lights looking to harvest the slimy fish.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Toss in the Buffalo Sabres slogging toward a 14th straight season sans playoffs, which would tie the New York Jets for the longest active drought among the big four North American sports, and the mood corrodes further.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
After the Tubbs fire, Santa Rosa created a permitting office that was designed to ferry rebuilding homeowners past the bureaucratic slog that can slow projects in normal times.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Atlanta began a 13-day slog of a road trip on Sunday night with a rout of the spiraling Toronto Raptors, but the opposition gets much tougher from here, with the Denver Nuggets, the two L.A. teams and Phoenix over the next five games.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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