plodder

Example Sentences

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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

From lewmagoo91: "Wonder if KP will fare any better opening the batting, should suit him more batting alongside a plodder in Cooky?"

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2012

There is no reliable second scorer after Rose, and don’t even suggest that land-based plodder Carlos Boozer.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2012

No plodder ever kept more closely to the safe and beaten path.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin