plodder

Example Sentences

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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

The Younger, as even Dunn admits, was a plodder and a bit of a pedant.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2019

He was a quiet fellow, a plodder at his work, and without great ambitions.

From Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road by Mainer, R. Henry (Robert Henry)