plodding
Example Sentences
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"Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish - though Sheeran's hooks remain strong," she wrote.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
Plodding through Ferragamo’s life, the documentary layers talking-head interviews with archival footage and photographs.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Begging the rioters for tolerance, More’s character says, “Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,/ Their babies at their backs, with their poor luggage,/ Plodding to th’ports and coasts for transportation.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2016
Plodding, bland, and listless, it’s the kind of movie you flip by at midnight on cable four years after its theatrical release and wonder: Did I see that?
From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2014
Plodding up the hill through the mud and beaten-down grasses, he slammed his bare feet down hard.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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