| Most of them plodded grimly along, stubbornly reminding themselves that the things they were doing were necessary. |
| On a recent Monday morning, as I plodded, zombie-like, to the break room at work to get a cup of joe, I passed Elizabeth in the hallway. |
| It was cold, wet and windy but I plodded dutifully from one shop to the next, picking up brochures and chatting up assistants. |
| As we plodded out into the garden about ten o'clock this evening, a thin layer of dark cloud drifted across from the south-east. |
| In fact, she plodded along, dragging what was left of her backpack on the ground, too weak to actually carry it. |
| I plodded along through life, more or less successfully for Californian Central Coast white trash. |
