trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Apr. 2025
At this point, recouping the other half of the February-to-April collapse appears a harder trudge.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
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Verb
When the final buzzer sounded on a 124-94 series-clinching victory by the Thunder, the Timberwolves trudged off the court with a stain on an otherwise impressive season.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
Spike Jonze’s five-minute ad for AirPods doubles down on their superpower: to turn an ordinary trudge down the block into an apocalyptic drama or a summertime scene into a choreographed group freakout.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Apr. 2025
At this point, recouping the other half of the February-to-April collapse appears a harder trudge.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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