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Grammar : Verb
Spell : plod
Phonetic Transcription : plɒd



Definition of plodding

Origin :
  • "diligent and dull," 1580s, present participle adjective from plod (v.).
  • verb walk heavily
  • verb work slowly and under duress
Example sentences :
  • While you were looking for her, she was plodding away out of sight.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Nat had been plodding along but now lifted his head with some show of interest.
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • He was plodding doggedly, every muscle aching from the unaccustomed strain.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • M'iver, who was plodding beside MacDonald when he said these words, gave a laugh.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • Salmon-fishing, then, is a matter of chance, or of plodding patience.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • We had been plodding on with the vague idea that it was a delightful book.
  • Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
  • Her husband, who was plodding after her, begged her to read no more.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • I am plodding away at Welwitschia by night and Genera Plantarum by day.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • Presently he saw St. Just plodding along in the distance, and shouted after him.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • Brother Seabright moved on and continued his slow, plodding march.
  • Extract from : « A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

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