trudge
Frequently Asked Questions
- The kids just trudged upstairs to bed.
- We were trudging through the muddy field, hoping to find our way back to the trail.
- The walk up the hill to the old church is a real trudge.
Example Sentences
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Life can be a trudge; what’s on display at the expo each year is a treat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The job market continues to trudge along with little hiring and little firing.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
“Although almost all of those still kind of trudge along in some state or another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
The rain is incessant as we trudge past the trees and through the long grass and into their habitat.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
I wave to the man and trudge through the sand.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
For now, Zombie LIV trudges on at a tournament in Mexico City that neither you or I are watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A disconsolate-looking Abdallah Sima trudges off - yet another injury problem for the Rangers manager.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
Nebbishy to the ninth, Paul trudges through the movie leading with his shiny white pate and enormous glasses, often wearing a parka whose gray fur lining might be an extension of his beard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
As she trudges along, Annis recalls a lesson from her mother: “The ancestors come if you call them.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
The cheap Russian boots pinch her feet as she trudges, the last of a single file of would-be guerrillas, up the intolerably fragrant mountainside.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Wodehouse caper: “Jacqui Cutler trudged into her expansive kitchen, looking every bit as worn out and miserable as someone who had spent the morning digging potatoes, which she most certainly had not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Half-time in Houston and Brazil's players trudged off knowing what the mood would be back home.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Earlier this year, 27,000 runners trudged through the city on a course that wound from Dodger Stadium to Century City.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
She dug around for a small piece, found one, and then trudged out the door, south toward the river.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
I’m happy to share verbal news, but I didn’t want videos or photos of me trudging around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The largest beef processor in the U.S. by volume is among companies trudging through a nationwide cattle shortage that’s driving up prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Few people forget their school cross-country days, trudging through murky playing fields on freezing winter afternoons, invariably clad in kit sourced from the lost property bin.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Another moment without Sally by his side is a moment spent trudging through a world, lost in its darkness.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
They would all die after trudging through lives in which they were neither happy nor unhappy.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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