verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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We are rarely content to plod along mechanically.
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The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns you can see coming for miles.
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I go to the gym in spite of myself, puffing and plodding along .
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We just plodded along like a bunch of sheep.
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You know, good old Mom, plodding along .
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I plodded along in the ditch.
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They are easy to play; they plod along , and the interest is in the voices and the text.
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But if he eventually is to rise above the average, he can not simply plod along , indulging in routine matters.
on
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Despite the riots caused by Mr Hani's murder, multi-party talks on a new constitution have plodded on.
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Capitin plodded on , old and remote.
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You either opt out or plod on and make the most of it.
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Reserving it for later, I plodded on into town.
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Behind him his men plodded on just as she had imagined them.
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Miraculously, although some teams had lost up to three of their complement, they plodded on .
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The woman, with supreme indifference, plodded on .
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But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team.
up
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His father always favoured George, he thought angrily as they plodded up the lane.
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Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.
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Kant was not noted for his turn of phrase-his style was usually a plodding one.
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Not especially gracious, but squat and workmanlike, plodding with tenacity from port to port.
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Then they plodded round a circular mill, crushing the cider apples.
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There were better things in life, for a young man like him, than plodding round London after a pick-pocket.
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We plodded down the walk, and then I had her wait by the curb.