- present participle of trudge.
trudging
Example Sentences
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We would be trudging up the hill to find the man who threw the switch.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Separately, Cubans are suffering through hot, sleepless nights and trudging through exhaustion and hunger by day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
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
I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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