Crossword clues for plodded
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plod \Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]
To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
--Shak.To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. ``Plodding schoolmen.''
--Drayton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: plod)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "plodded".
A horse plodded in through the back door, hauling the high and glittery new wagon from which emanated both the uproar and the damp, scorchy smell of an immense steam laundry.
As he pushed away and let the wind fill his main and jib sails for the skate back northwest to the Gage Street pier, Sister Sue's band plodded up the foliage-roofed highroad that split the narrow band of coastline jungle and led the group finally to the crest of a hill from which they could look down on the Cerritos Stadium.
Still they plodded on, crawling up the side of one conical iceberg, then sliding down the other side.
Still, the other three, who had spent so many years in Icewind Dale and were accustomed to the troubles of springtime travel, plodded on without complaint.
The snow was deep in some places, the trails icy in others, but the group plodded along.
He noted a trail not far to the side—a recent one, where someone or something had plodded along, much as Bruenor was doing now.
The tower toward which Rivas's group plodded was on the far side of the enclosed field, and most of the other bands were already standing at ease in the shadow of other towers by the time his band came to a halt.
He sprinted to the wagon, rolled the luckily emaciated boy over the rail, crouched to get him draped across his shoulders, then straightened up and, gritting his teeth against the possibility of losing consciousness himself, plodded to the alley.
It looked like a huge misshapen puppet that someone had made of papier-mache stretched over a wire framework and had then partially burned, and it plodded along on its uneven legs as if on an errand that would take centuries to complete.
She edged behind Rivas and dropped to the ground, then plodded across the paving stones to Montecruz, who took her into his arms with an ostentatious show of emotion.
The rain had a dampening effect on Cornix, who plodded along beside Spadix as meek as a sheep.
Alex whispered, as another of the survivors plodded past without so much as a glance at the woman eating, who had given up eating with her hands and had shoved her face right down into the torn-open ration pouch.
But she grimly plodded, skipped, hopped on and didn't fall more than a step behind.
But then most holders plodded and the thicker leather was suitable for their tasks as fine soft hide was right for a runner's foot.
He chuckled as he plodded up several more steps, boots clanking on the metal.