plodded
past simple and past participle ofplod
Examplesofplodded
plodded
The ice was covered with deep, soft snow, making this a strenuous task, and all night theyploddedto and fro.
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Iploddedthrough them, page by page, name after name, all six volumes, making a short list of those who matched at least two of my criteria.
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She has loyallyploddedon, but she has dodged a number of questions.
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The conferenceploddedon for years without much progress at first.
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That was the moment when the bakerploddedhis weary homeward way, when the dawn was appearing.
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Theyploddedon and spent thousands of pounds of public money and eventually lost.
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As noon passed at eight bells, the task forceploddedtowards the in-shore fire support areas at the sweepers five-knot speed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heavily, sheploddedacross the room and descended the stairs to where her son waited.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, the composer was not impressed by interpretations thatplodded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Panic mounted and observers overhead watched in horror as survivorsploddedsouth suffering terrible heat and thirst.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Behind himploddeda medical bureau inadequately equipped in materiel, spirit, and vision to protect him from destruction by disease.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Steinberg later stated that with the books bereft of the game's dazzling graphics and its hypnotic interactive dimension, the second and third novelsploddedalong with boring prose.
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- boot-camp
- bootcut
- bootcuts
- booted
- bootee
- booth
- bootie
- booting
- boot-kick-up-backside
- bootlace
- bootleg
- bootleg copy
- bootlegger
- bootleg recording
- bootlegs
- bootlicker
- boot-off
- boot-out-of
- boot sb off (sth)
- boot-sb-off-sth
- boot sb out (of sth)
- boot-sb-out-of-sth
- boot sector
- boot-shoe-is-on-the-other-foot
- boot someone off (something)