plodder

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They’ve resorted to laying on the big body like some plodder team in a bid to break through the Kraken forecheck.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

He rose to prominence as an ambitious plodder — as someone difficult for his colleagues to attack because he never had anything remotely interesting to say.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

In Washington he was a plodder and a plotter, eventually winning notice and repeatedly winning re-election.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2021

For a long time, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo might have fit a few of the less-flattering synonyms of workhorse, like drudge or plodder.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2021

He was a plodder, content with moderate means, when infinite opportunities in Montana waited a man's grasp—if he was sharp enough.

From A Man of Two Countries by Dowling, Colista M.