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

Another vastley overrated plodder hyped up by the English media.

From BBC • May 30, 2015

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

This contempt for the plodder extends also to the scholastic sphere.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian