plugging away

Example Sentences

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"There's gonna be times throughout the years that you fall short, you get back up and dust yourself off and keep plugging away -- Sam's been that steadying force," added Macdonald.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Katie Miller is still plugging away at her job as the world’s least-charming podcast host.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

Nearly a decade ago, the engineers at an obscure Silicon Valley company called Nex began plugging away at an iPhone app that would use artificial intelligence to track basketball shots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

But there is no doubting her remarkable capacity to keep bouncing back and to keep on plugging away, when others would have been down and out years ago.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

He just kept plugging away at the trees like he always did, making the same music, stopping every time someone came up only long enough to see if they were gonna tell him something.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis