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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Many people are sticking with their current job, knowing that unemployed workers have to trudge through job hunts that last for months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
On the now daily trudge to work through the snow and ice, I came across a mum and daughter scraping their car clear of heavy snow.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The question now, as the Trojans trudge ahead without Watkins, is where USC might be next March, with Smith, Howell and Heckel presumably leading the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Others from Block 2 trudge their weary bodies into line for roll call, shading their eyes from the dust and sun.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
In a country better known for industrial farming, highly processed food and suspiciously long-lasting bread, Chuck Childers rises before dawn and trudges off to operate one of America's oldest functioning gristmills.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
A young woman trudges back to her apartment after a day of work.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
Volkheimer trudges toward Werner lugging the big KX transmitter; he grows ever larger; he rests a huge mittened hand on Werner’s cap.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos trudged through murky floodwaters in Bangkok's east -- knee-deep in some areas of a grocery store parking lot -- floating their belongings in plastic tubs alongside them, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
He and three others trudged through the jungle for hours but couldn’t find their way and spent the night in a goatherd’s shed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rescuers trudged through thick mud and debris on Thursday as Nepalese authorities rushed to bring aid and relief supplies to the affected areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
So I finally said yes, and the three of us trudged down the path to the creek, with ferns tickling our legs and Wishbone sniffing at every little thing along the way.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
If you’re in line to watch three hours of Matt Damon trudging from Troy to Ithaca in The Odyssey, you might want to watch this at 3 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
For all the times that feeding yourself feels like trudging through a fog of obligation, sometimes a craving arrives fully formed, as if it’s been plotting in the background.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025
Johnson was dismissed in the 55th minute after clattering into Lopez, a needless challenge that initially earned a yellow card from Erik Lambrechts before VAR sent him trudging to the dressing room.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Finally Roy stepped outside, lowered his head, and started trudging in the direction of his neighborhood.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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