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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : plod |
| Phonetic Transcription : plɒd |
Definition of plod
Origin :- 1560s, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of walking heavily or slowly. Related: Plodded; plodding.
- verb walk heavily
- verb work slowly and under duress
- What was there left but the weary plod, plod, and dust of years?
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- It was almost nowhere possible to trot, and we had to plod on, step by step.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- There was nothing for it but to plod along, for there were no houses on that road.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various
- Jack might plod along all his life and never have a dollar ahead.
- Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
- All they could do was to plod on and drag their horses after them.
- Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
- I will plod for hours and hours at a time, and at every turn I am handicapped.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- They watched the squad in blue, now afoot, plod on down the road.
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
- There were muddy roads to plod through and treacherous sloughs to cross.
- Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
- Travellers have to plod through the wilderness as they best can.
- Extract from : « Away in the Wilderness » by R.M. Ballantyne
- His wife, he declared, should ride to her home like a queen, not plod like a peasant.
- Extract from : « The Children's Longfellow » by Doris Hayman
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