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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Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Even with Slayton back, Johnson — who was putting up numbers at Penn State before many knew of Tyler Warren — can keep a fringe TE1 value, as the Giants trudge on without Malik Nabers.
—Jess Bryant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
That means that any single packet of radiation can escape to space only after a long, random trudge through the atmosphere.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The pair had been seen speaking together as the relief pitcher trudged off the field.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Even with Slayton back, Johnson — who was putting up numbers at Penn State before many knew of Tyler Warren — can keep a fringe TE1 value, as the Giants trudge on without Malik Nabers.
—Jess Bryant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
As the decade trudges on, Brian becomes more serious about his work, never losing his soft spot for Margaret but otherwise gaining a sterling reputation as a hard-hitting interview.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
That means that any single packet of radiation can escape to space only after a long, random trudge through the atmosphere.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trudge
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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