Synonyms

1. plod

Sentence Examples

1. It was drawn by four plodding oxen all covered with black housings on each horn they had fixed a large lighted wax taper, and on the top of the cart was constructed a raised seat, on which sat a venerable old man with a beard whiter than the very snow, and so long that it fell below his waist he was dressed in a long robe of black buckram for as the cart was thickly set with a multitude of candles it was easy to make out everything that was on it.
2. The voice in the darkness grumbled a bit, but I heard the sound of footsteps plodding away, no doubt to get this Medicine Man.
3. The horse was still plodding carefully behind her as she led it through the tangle of undergrowth.
4. The race of Man still lay prostrate beneath her plodding sandals.
5. But they were plodding in ragged array, discussing with quick tongues the accomplishments of the late battle.
6. The dull driver, smoking his pipe, was plodding along toward the limits of the Faubourg Saint-Denis, where no doubt he ordinarily had his station.
7. He continued his plodding pursuit, though once, for the moment baffled, he came to a full stop and blinked at the men who looked on, at the same time wagging his stump of a tail as an expression of his willingness to fight.
8. Once free on the path, I wasted no time plodding up the same direction I had seen him head, my bare feet slapping hard against dusty stone as I struggled to catch up.
9. In some spots the logs lay lengthwise and Olivia worried the wagon wheels would get stuck between them, but Dixby and Dougan kept plodding right along.
10. I began to think wistfully of the police, now plodding over the hills after my wraith.