plodded; plodding
1
: to work laboriously and monotonously : drudge
2
a
: to walk heavily or slowly : trudge
b
: to proceed slowly or tediously
the movie's plot just plods along
: to tread slowly or heavily along or over
Synonyms
Examples of plod in a Sentence
We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles.
I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment.
We plodded our way across the muddy field.
He plodded through his work.
The day was plodding along.
Recent Examples on the Web
Fitted loosely into the adult-sized canvas suit, Jack plodded about the murky sea floor for the maximum time allowed.
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Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Marines from the unit plodded through Okinawa's dense vegetation on a recent land navigation exercise.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Typical homomorphic encryption strategies would hit the same snag as private information retrieval, plodding through all the internet’s contents for every search.
—Madison Goldberg, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2024
While generative AI has grown at lightning speed, nuclear power projects are heavily regulated and usually advance at a plodding pace.
—Emily Pandise, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
The band of immigrants plods through the sand, occasionally stepping past dead bodies left abandoned from earlier journeys.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
In San Diego, there’s almost no talk anymore about high-speed rail, as unstable coastal tracks increasingly require emergency repairs while plans to reroute the line inland are plodding along.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Billion-dollar world-building aside, The Rings of Power plods.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
Carbon emissions shrank in 2023 even as the economy grew, a sign the U.S. is plodding toward a more sustainable future.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Marines from the unit plodded through Okinawa's dense vegetation on a recent land navigation exercise.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Typical homomorphic encryption strategies would hit the same snag as private information retrieval, plodding through all the internet’s contents for every search.
—Madison Goldberg, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2024
While generative AI has grown at lightning speed, nuclear power projects are heavily regulated and usually advance at a plodding pace.
—Emily Pandise, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
The band of immigrants plods through the sand, occasionally stepping past dead bodies left abandoned from earlier journeys.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
In San Diego, there’s almost no talk anymore about high-speed rail, as unstable coastal tracks increasingly require emergency repairs while plans to reroute the line inland are plodding along.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Billion-dollar world-building aside, The Rings of Power plods.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
Carbon emissions shrank in 2023 even as the economy grew, a sign the U.S. is plodding toward a more sustainable future.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plod. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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