PLODDED in a Sentence

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37 example sentences for PLODDED, such as:

1. She plodded on in an angry silence.
2. Our horses plodded down the muddy track.
3. His horse bent its neck and plodded, content.
4. Labourers plod home through the muddy fields.
5. I watched her plodding her way across the field.

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 Meanings and Examples of PLODDED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
plodded
 n.  the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
 v.  walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  The bearded man said nothing and plodded on out of sight around the bend of the road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  Hatred of Rhett burned in her heart as she plodded along the slippery way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
3  He chirruped to the horse and it plodded off, picking its way carefully down the slick road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  His horse bent its neck and plodded, content.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  He turned and plodded back, a ponderous furry figure, holding the horses' bridles, Carol's hand dragging at his sleeve.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  When the Smails sold their creamery in North Dakota they visited Mr. Smail's sister, Kennicott's mother, at Lac-qui-Meurt, then plodded on to Gopher Prairie to stay with their nephew.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  As the plodded on the tattered soldier continued to talk.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
8  The shadows of night had gathered so fast, that he did not look about him when he closed the door, but plodded straight along the street.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
9  So she plodded home to Clifford, to join forces with him again, to make another story out of nothingness: and a story meant money.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  She plodded on into the wood, knowing he was looking after her; he upset her so much, in spite of herself.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  She went to the back of the chair, and plodded side by side with the keeper, shoving up the pink path.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
12  She plodded on in an angry silence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
13  The two women plodded on through the wet world, in silence, while great drops splashed like explosions in the wood.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
14  They plodded on down the overgrown path, he in front, in silence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
15  On and on plodded the hansom, going slower, it seemed to him, at each step.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
Example Sentence:
1  Our horses plodded down the muddy track.
2  Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs.
3  I watched her plodding her way across the field.
4  Labourers plod home through the muddy fields.
5  Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.