trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Synonyms
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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Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Quincy Alexander, an east side legend who suffers from disabilities that make walking difficult but still trudges the area along Brady Street anyway, said Sade would help him up the flights of stairs at the entrance to Pizza Shuttle, where the two worked together.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The songs, previously light and amusing, become thick and grating, and the dances, by Raja Feather Kelly, become trudges.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Lakers Plaschke: Lakers and JJ Redick are a match made in Looney Tunes
May 19, 2024
Redick’s formalized interview process this weekend, though, could be a pivot point in the search, a moment where things come to a close or whether the process trudges on.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Quincy Alexander, an east side legend who suffers from disabilities that make walking difficult but still trudges the area along Brady Street anyway, said Sade would help him up the flights of stairs at the entrance to Pizza Shuttle, where the two worked together.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Noun
Another of Koenig’s lyrical preoccupations—surely not unrelated—is the unstoppable trudge of time.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The songs, previously light and amusing, become thick and grating, and the dances, by Raja Feather Kelly, become trudges.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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