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
We trudge through entire chapters bearing names like “The Sea and the Desert” or “The Beach Again” without meeting another living soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Weary residents trudge through the streets as bulldozers try to scoop up the liquid mess.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
As people in Hammanskraal trudge up to the water tank to get their share, the road is littered with election posters.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
He watched her move as she had watched the coffles trudge past Randall.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
As the film trudges from his hospice bed to his youth, we’ll come to see that the doomed townsfolk have the same faces and mannerisms of people Chuck knew as a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
A disconsolate-looking Abdallah Sima trudges off - yet another injury problem for the Rangers manager.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
When Raphaël, a great slab of a man, trudges into the French film “Scarlet,” he carries an unbearable burden.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
He trudges up a hill to the small home of a brick maker.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Worn down, he muted the show, handed it over to another host and trudged up the stairs to his office to do the math manually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Hundreds of people trudged up the steep switchbacks in single file.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
As she trudged over to the touchline, Chelsea supporters chanted: "Bunny Shaw, we'll see you next season."
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
And at the waterfall, snails that could easily be confused for pebbles slowly trudged along algae-covered rocks as Semple Run flowed by.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Jeremy trudged into the building, carrying the dragon on his shoulder.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
He is a solitary, trudging in his galoshes through the snows of West Hartford, Conn., on his way to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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
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
They went on, the boy trudging in his track.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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