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

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

The rider of Mentone had been deceived as to the pace they were going, because Black Boy had been galloping alongside him, and he knew the horse was a "plodder."

From The Second String by Gould, Nat