plodding

[US]/'plɔdiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. dull and laborious; slow and heavy
v. to walk slowly with heavy steps; to work hard and steadily

Example Sentences

a plodding comedy drama.

They’re still plodding along with their investigation.

we were plodding through a textbook.

plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.

Keep plodding on — you’ll soon be finished!

Real-world Examples

So plodding means that the pace is not good.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

I don't like TV shows that have plodding plots.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

Darwin's was the product of years of careful, plodding, methodical thought.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

Ah, you plodding little thing! cried Lizzy; you will never get up to me.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 2

Certainly not as sort of plodding as what we think many of the long-necked Sauropods were like.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Started in 1985, a project in Southern France called ITER is slowly plodding along with plans for a working fusion reactor.

Source: VOA Standard Speed April 2016 Compilation

Instead he discovered just how plodding parts of the American defence juggernaut can be.

Source: Economist Business

No plodding cultivator of a thankless Muse, Dickens enjoyed not only the fruits of his work but the work itself.

Source: Stories of World Celebrities: Literary Figures and Poets

Actual coups, meanwhile, involve the telegenic seizure of the presidential palace with tanks, not expert testimony in plodding congressional hearings.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Many people thought he seemed slow and plodding.

Source: who was series

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