trudge
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6.3
- noun
- /trʌdʒ/
:
caminata
- It was a long trudge up fourteen flights of stairs.
- a long trudge
- a slow trudge
- an endless trudge
Examples
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After a long and exhausting day at work, I faced the daily trudge up the steep hill towards my home.
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Our trudge was long.
Fiction book (1997) -
After a five-and-a-half-hour trudge, the troop had only made it four miles.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Creature turns without looking back and trudges toward the crashing waves.
Fiction book (1994) -
The slow trudges are what motivate us to break out and begin anew.
Blog text (19) -
His walk (and this is accurate) is an unsteady, bent-shouldered trudge.
Blog text (11) -
After a while, I realized it was the sound of feet: the slow trudge of bears, the pad of badgers, the pattering of foxes, the rasp of a hundred million beetles, rabbits, ants, and mice.
Fiction book (1990) -
The team made their way home, each step of the trudge made heavier by the weight of their backpacks.
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It felt like a never-ending trudge through the muddy trail, as we slowly made our way back to the campsite.
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How Tiring
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Etymology
Trudge has an unclear history, but a helpful way to remember it is to imagine 'dragging your feet' after a long walk. So a trudge is a long, tiring walk made with slow, heavy steps.