trudge
Frequently Asked Questions
- The kids just trudged upstairs to bed.
- We were trudging through the muddy field, hoping to find our way back to the trail.
- The walk up the hill to the old church is a real trudge.
Example Sentences
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We trudge through entire chapters bearing names like “The Sea and the Desert” or “The Beach Again” without meeting another living soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Analysts have pointed to a few reasons they believe stocks are set to trudge higher into New Year’s Day.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 21, 2025
The question now, as the Trojans trudge ahead without Watkins, is where USC might be next March, with Smith, Howell and Heckel presumably leading the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
As people in Hammanskraal trudge up to the water tank to get their share, the road is littered with election posters.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
You trudge; it is all you can do.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
For now, Zombie LIV trudges on at a tournament in Mexico City that neither you or I are watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A disconsolate-looking Abdallah Sima trudges off - yet another injury problem for the Rangers manager.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
As she trudges along, Annis recalls a lesson from her mother: “The ancestors come if you call them.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
When Raphaël, a great slab of a man, trudges into the French film “Scarlet,” he carries an unbearable burden.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
A line, a short line trudges off into the morning.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Wodehouse caper: “Jacqui Cutler trudged into her expansive kitchen, looking every bit as worn out and miserable as someone who had spent the morning digging potatoes, which she most certainly had not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They were encountered by Spanish soldiers who first trudged and trekked north in the 1770s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The expressions of some players as they trudged around Aronimink indicated they tended to agree.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
And at the waterfall, snails that could easily be confused for pebbles slowly trudged along algae-covered rocks as Semple Run flowed by.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
So Hazel lingered by the front door as long as she possibly could, then, after some nudging from her mother, trudged out to the bus stop.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Separately, Cubans are suffering through hot, sleepless nights and trudging through exhaustion and hunger by day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Few people forget their school cross-country days, trudging through murky playing fields on freezing winter afternoons, invariably clad in kit sourced from the lost property bin.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Another moment without Sally by his side is a moment spent trudging through a world, lost in its darkness.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Johnson was dismissed in the 55th minute after clattering into Lopez, a needless challenge that initially earned a yellow card from Erik Lambrechts before VAR sent him trudging to the dressing room.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Sammy put his hand in hers and came trudging after.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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