| 单词 | plod |
| 例句 | A couple of miles farther, the glacier made a sharp turn to the east, we plodded to the crest of a long slope, and spread before us was a motley city of nylon domes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, the class plodded through a spelling pretest, followed by a science work sheet on simple machines, but all George could think about was trying out for Charlotte. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The mayor, Councilman Grandy, and the man from the chamber of commerce stealthily retreated to their limousine, while Leroy Branitt plodded off to his trailer in search of a cold beer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He started plodding north from tidewater in February, but his enthusiasm fizzled on the lower reaches of the Ruth Glacier, still thirty miles from the peak, so he aborted the attempt and retreated to Talkeetna. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The boot steps are getting closer, deliberate in their plodding pace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We left the farmer to ponder his slain sheep and went back to town, plodding across wet hills in the slate-gray dusk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Plus, Renee took her time walking off, too, so I had to plod along behind her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We plodded down the narrow band, the trees soldiering up around us, dark and tall. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues got rid of the cleverness and originality that made Sesame Street the most beloved television program of its generation, created a plodding, literal show, and repeated each episode five times in a row. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cackling cheerfully, he turned off down the crooked lane, the old donkey plodding behind him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her feet marched beneath her, step, step, step, plodding. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I considered turning around, but decided that I could make it if I just kept plodding along. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The second stage was introduced as a change, by common consent Sir Grummore stumped off to one end of the clearing, while King Pellinore plodded off to the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I plodded joylessly on to the top of the mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Trudging forward like a sleepwalker in the bitter cold, I make my way down the driveway, then turn left and plod up the rutted dirt road to the falling-down bridge. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was disciplined, plodding, deferential—a man of habits among men in habits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Between the curtain of trees at every side, the ever-receding contour of rising slope before you, and your own plodding weariness, you gradually lose track of how far you have come. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I catch sight of Cressida and Pollux about thirty yards ahead of us, plodding along with the crowd. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Arthur’s were of the pitiful spectacle— the show of an earthly, sinful man, but the best of them, plodding along behind these three supernatural virgins; his doomed, courageous, vain toil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Underhill plodded over to a grassy spot between two graves and stretched his arms between the markers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Darkness came down quickly, as they plodded slowly downhill and up again, until at last they saw lights twinkling some distance ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I made my way to the Mess, the wheels of my thoughts turning slowly as I plodded along. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He plodded onward and soon he reached the bus stop where he’d first spotted the running boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z George lugged her body out of bed, shrugged on some clothing, and plodded downstairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z My leaden thoughts were still plodding along when Lorren strode out of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nhamo plodded from one chore to the next like a small donkey pulling a cart too heavy for it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All that day they plodded along, until the cold and early evening came down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Now his exhausted brain slipped into its accustomed circles: the withered paths, like those of the donkey in the treadmill, round which he had plodded many thousand times in vain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Soames reappeared and plodded about like a parish beadle, backing down the steam radiator valves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Two or three widgeon hung in one of them, and, far away to the eastward, a fly-like man was plodding over the slob in tiny persistence, to collect his bag. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He plodded along the zig-zagging path through the forest listlessly, dogged with thirst and feeling almost too exhausted to go on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He huddled down in his cloak and plodded off. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So we plodded ahead, waving our hands in front of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Repressing an eye roll, I plodded into the house with Tamika at my heels. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We plodded up the road, bent steeply, buffeted by winds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I held my bundle closer to my chest as I plodded through the mud, which sucked at my rubber sandals. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z With MacDuff bounding ahead, we plodded on through the snow until the house was in sight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘Before you start any more plodding, you need sleep and food, Mr. Frodo. Come and take what you can get of them!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He has his hat pulled down low, mute-mode style, and slowly plods forward. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She plodded evenly and didn’t trip or stumble even once. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The conductor is walking away from us now, shaking his head and muttering to himself as he plods through the empty train car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Half an hour later I scrambled up its frozen snout and began the long plod to the Thumb. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After half an hour’s plodding climb Strider reached the crown of the hill; Frodo and Merry followed, tired and breathless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The robots plodded onward with a pace that never varied and with footsteps that never lengthened. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For several days he plodded that way, aimlessly searching for nothing, in no hurry, a minuscule curious specter inching around in that peaceful winter country, absorbing something, taking it in—indelibly—for all time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Adele was always busy with Luke, so mostly, I had to plod along on my own. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They picked a way among the trees, and their ponies plodded along, carefully avoiding the many writhing and interlacing roots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She never asked about the stores themselves, about what vegetables were selling, how the employees were working out, nothing ever about the painstaking, plodding nature of the work. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The look of the defeated— his father’s look—big, plodding strawberry farmer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Before the war, I'd be able to hear the music from halfway down the block, first a melody played by my mother and then a student's plodding, clunky version a few seconds later. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The distance between the men and the errant robot was being cut down momentarily—more by the efforts of Speedy than the slow plodding of the fifty-year-old antique mounts of Donovan and Powell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She plodded along steadily on her big feet as though she had walked there all her life, her wide face expressionless. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Momma’s hand tightened and let go, and I saw the small figure plodding along, tired and old- mannish. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the reasons that kept me plodding along the long and hard road of Bantu Education, the most important was that my mother and Granny were proud of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They plodded on, thin and filthy as street addicts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She just keeps plodding along, and after a while, Snickers jumps onto her back. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I fear he will go ‘stale’ ... if he plods on without intermission.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The procession was, as usual, somber, slow, and insufferably plodding. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But all the same, Ruby, drenched, covered with mud, exhausted from plodding through the molasses muck, persevered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting worn down by telling it over and over, but I plodded through it, the detective prodding me with questions: When did you find the drill? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They found the scientific establishment ridiculous and plodding, yet they knew how to insinuate themselves into it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He plodded alone through the soft, hot sand toward the hotel. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I watch him as he plods forward in his steel-toed boots, his hands in his pockets and his eyes on the line of trees beyond the trailers. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z But he was no longer afraid, he was too intent upon plodding ahead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Every day at two, four, and seven, Ruby plods through the sawdust with Snickers on her back. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She carries her own bag and plods on. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z "Look at that sword Lumpyhead's got there," Lommy said one morning as they made their plodding way past orchards and wheat fields. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Through one patch a white cow was plodding, seemingly up to her belly in blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He plods down the corridor, outside to the transport van. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I stood behind Emma, taking up the rear of our strange little conga line, and we began to plod forward across the wreck toward the lighthouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “To turn around that close to the summit . . . ,” Hall mused with a shake of his head on May 6 as Kropp plodded past Camp Two on his way down the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He got up and walked out to his car, his steps plodding, weighed down with misery. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I sat down and we watched the draccus make its plodding way to the middle of the valley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “As you can see, that leaves almost no time for brooding, lagging, plodding, or procrastinating, and if we stopped to think or laugh, we’d never get nothing done.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They plodded on in a direction that may have been toward the screaming dogs, but Milkman couldn’t tell. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, a gray uniform appeared among them, and an officer in his early thirties plodded up, stuck a key in the gate, and pulled it aside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All that effort and sweat and disgusting grubbiness, all those endless plodding days, the nights on hard ground—all that added up to just 39.5 percent of the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By midday we found ourselves plodding into a stinging, cold, hard-blowing storm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He heard horses’ hoofs plodding on the road and far-off pounding on wood where a neighbor was shingling a barn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Herbie’s heart sank as he observed new ants methodically plodding into the death arenas around the sugary spots; they paid no attention to the shapeless compatriots over which their tiny feet scrabbled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z About fifteen minutes later they were down among them, plodding on a level road with white walls on each side and trees bending over the walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “We both need a little breather,” August said, and she plodded toward the kitchen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What had happened to him in the second half, going time and time again with those plodding, thudding sweeps? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So I scooped my cell from the floor and plodded off. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But as they plodded along the dirt road past wide stumpy fields, her last hopes died. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The horses plodded on, the litter creaking and swaying between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Others plod methodically along a stem, plucking off and devouring sedentary insects like the aphids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She walked slowly, every plodding step a chore, anchored to the ground as if by some surplus of gravity. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I walk alongside, the big old horse setting a plodding pace that is easy to keep up with. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I watch Ruby plod around the ring in endless circles, going nowhere. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z And so I marched along in a parade of my imagination, passing one plodding Jew after another, head high, arms swinging, goose-stepping as if I wore tall shiny boots myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Eighteen miles was a heroic distance for us, but we were filthy and trail-weary and more than ready for a town, and so we plodded on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They plodded upward, winding their way back and forth across the face of the mountain as the steps twisted and turned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He snorted, but plodded on as steadily as before. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The knowledge that Bunny’s body actually lay about two miles to the southwest did not lend much interest or urgency to the search, and I plodded along in a daze, my eyes on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They plodded over the filthy drawbridge—a butter one, with cow hairs still in it—sinking to their ankles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Nately charged after him, but was blocked by the first officer, who plodded back in holding a pillow in front of him, like a bubble dancer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They crossed into a field and plodded on toward a distant stand of trees skylighted stark and black against the last of the visible world. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She plods along by my side to the edge of Marlena’s dressing tent and then waits patiently as Grady and Bill untie the bottom of the sidewall from the stakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They kept a steady plodding pace, past a shepherd's croft and the abandoned workings of a mine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I keep my eyes on the concrete squares of sidewalk and plod onward, making my way back down from Eighty-Sixth Street to Seventy-Fourth Street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My sheep taxi started plodding up the hill After a hundred yards, my hands and feet started to hurt from holding on. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Again he frowned, steeped in plodding, methodical, concentrated thought. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted a hand to us and then plodded off. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Annabeth plodded along, half in a stupor, trying to form a plan. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Like Darwin, he collected beetles, but he lacked his cousin’s plodding, taxonomic mind and soon gave up his collection for more ambitious pursuits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She also felt a strange flattery: the idea of herself as swift and darting and birdlike was new and pleasant, because she had always thought of herself as dogged and plodding. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He plodded along for another few months, then rebounded with three moderate wins in the fall of 1935 before sinking back into failure. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The horses and the people looked alike, plodding, eyes to the ground, leaning forward against the weight of their loads. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Sharing a wafer of lembas, and munching it as best they could with their parched mouths, Frodo and Sam plodded on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Grace and I sit on the wooden benches in the church basement, watching the illuminated slides on the wall, singing the words to the songs, while the piano plods onward in the darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They plodded through the poppy fields and gradually moved away from the Big House toward the gray-brown hills that lay on the horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She plodded out from behind the meat counter and walked heavily down to the cash register at the front of the store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Seconds plodded by, each separated from the next by an eternity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Exhausted, Doug mumbled something from behind his oxygen mask that I didn’t catch, shook my hand weakly, then continued plodding upward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Frodo and Sam were plodding along with heavy hearts, no longer able to care greatly about their peril. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Often you will be plodding through the sanctuary of woods when suddenly a car will sail past through the trees only forty or fifty feet away—a perennially startling sight. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Faro seemed to feel the same way—at least he did not scurry around and sniff, but just plodded along quietly, his toenails clicking on the blacktop. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “See how these letters are straight up and down, plodding across the page? And at the end of each word, the last letter trails off like it’s giving out its dying breath.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Malcolm is not only a genius; he has the industrious, plodding patience of a tortoise crossing a desert plane. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mastodons, saber-toothed tigers, wolves, caribou, wild horses, and even camels all once thrived in eastern North America alongside the moose but gradually stumbled into extinction, while the moose just plodded on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As the warhorse plodded south along the river, the shops grew smaller and meaner, the trees along the street became a row of stumps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rivera was plodding after him now on slow and heavy feet, pop-pop, stay one step ahead of him, jab and jump away, jab and hook and duck under the swinging arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then what do you do with it ?” demanded Milo, plodding along doggedly through his mounting confusion to fling out the question burning on his lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They plodded quietly through the dim afternoon light, heading two blocks north on University Avenue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z So proud and high were their heads, I saw for the first time how miserable were the real horses plodding the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They plodded on, reluctant to disclose their thoughts. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad plodded back to the car and then turned and pointed at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Suit yourself,” he said as he clicked his teeth, and his horse slowly plodded away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It is difficult to imagine a rabbit plodding steadily on: they are not built for it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Steadily it had plodded, through valleys without trails, through streams without bridges or ferries for crossing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a skunk had come plodding through our camp and it had sounded like a stegosaurus. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z People fanned themselves with programs in the July heat while the organist plodded out hymns. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the familiar and unmistakable squinch-squanch, squinch-squanch of the DYNNE’s heavy footsteps could be heard plodding over the hill, and when he finally appeared he was dragging an incredibly large sack behind him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z For several miles they plodded on without speaking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Whatever perils lay ahead, it seemed better to float down the broad tide of Anduin to meet them than to plod forward with bent backs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Presently, however, Heqet and the Ancient arrived together, speaking in low tones as they came along the shaded little path, with the soft-eyed donkey plodding behind them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was still wondering where Sister Redempta had come from and what the dictionary might have to say about what manifest meant when I opened Miss Sadie’s gate and plodded up the creaky stairs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The old dog, however, still plodded cheerfully and uncomplainingly along. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “For All Mankind” plods through alternate history and space. John Mulaney needs to play all of history's weird men 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Alaïa works in small, plodding, exact ways to perform miracles. Ala?a: Double Take 2010-10-11T23:40:00Z This disjointed production at Cornish Playhouse perks up or plods from scene to scene, on the quality of individual performances and isolated moments. A ‘King Lear’ that hasn’t fully flowered, at Seattle Shakes 2014-05-01T16:58:52Z In contrast, Redford's own direction is sometimes criticised as plodding and safe. Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid, grows old with style as he reinvents himself for film festival 2013-04-20T12:36:22Z Beneath the movie’s brittle surface and plodding plot, madness and hysteria roil. ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review: Stolen Hearts and Tortured Minds 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z If only they had gotten off to a less plodding start. Books of The Times: War, Revolution and a King Who Says ?By Jove? 2010-09-23T21:30:00Z Constantly Isherwood, like any writer, is lamenting his laziness and lack of progress, but somehow or other the old nag or "Dobbin" as he calls himself plods on towards the finishing line. Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z By the end of spring, I’d plodded through a few books with the air of an exhausted hiker, eyes trained on the trail instead of the view. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z After the cast sang a spiritual, Pierce entered, plodding, through a stage door. Wendell Pierce Fulfills His American Dream: Playing Willy Loman 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Rosen’s backstage descriptions of the show are livelier than his sometimes plodding accounts of how he nailed stories of corrupt politicians and amoral executives. Was ‘60 Minutes’ TV’s Most Toxic Workplace? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z We all plodded off to the car, but my mother looked surprisingly cheerful. A Brief History of Death 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z At regular intervals, as the march plodded forward, Mnouchkine gave the signal for what she called “the attack of the crows.” For France’s Protesters, the Streets Are the Ultimate Stage 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z I especially enjoyed the long plodding scholarly descriptions of the discovery and exploration of the planet Solaris. My Five Things: Cartoonist and Illustrator Seth 2011-10-26T17:54:28Z Herr Schubert senior was the cellist – a somewhat plodding exponent judging by the simplicity of the sturdy bassline, with only the occasional show-off passage. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z He's got a pick-up band who look just as bored as him – a bassist with his instrument tucked up under his chin in requisite session-man fashion, and a drummer who plods along. Remembering Alex Chilton 2010-03-18T13:20:00Z Unfortunately, this character is spun through the sluggish changes of a plodding, obvious, and oblivious story for more than two hours. Adam Sandler’s Misused Comedic Art 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z This is a plodding and ultimately infuriatingly noncommittal movie. ‘American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally’ Review: Prosecuting a Propagandist 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Unger plays up the “tortoise-and-hare” caricature of the contest of Matisse and Picasso, “the plodding striver against the facile genius, the introvert against the extroverted gadfly.” How Picasso Became Picasso 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Beans have been having quite the sustained moment as the pandemic plods along. You're only 3 ingredients and 10 minutes away from the herbiest bean soup ever 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z I put off doing this until the evening before it was due, then I plodded off to Verftet to sit there all night. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z I plodded in third, but in my defense I will say this: that mural distracted me. Indoor Karting: Grand Prix New York and Pole Position Raceway 2012-12-20T22:27:52Z “Lilac Wine,” the album’s most glaring mismatch of singer to material, is an alcoholic paean to lubricated self-pity that Ms. Boyle’s sober, plodding rendition treats as a song about transubstantiation. New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z “I’m a Capricorn,” she told me, “and I don’t believe in any of that stuff, but Capricorns are goats—we’re plodding and determined, going up the mountain.” Found! A Lost TV Version of “Wuthering Heights” 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z And so it seems the perfect time to dive into a simulation far more likely to bring about some much needed happiness than the useless cloggers plodding about on whichever is your favoured pitch. Championship Manager 1980s Legends ? review 2011-04-02T23:08:33Z This a drama that more often plods than leaps and never makes a case for its necessity. Starz's "Heels" proves wrestling isn't fake by creating a show about it that doesn't feel genuine 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z His character — only referred to as Nitram, so as not to lionize the actual shooter, who remains in prison — plods through the movie like an intimidatingly oversized child. Caleb Landry Jones Can Do This 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z But the plodding pace of Jude Weng’s film, along with its shabby dialogue, distracts from the more emotionally intricate subplot of the mother returning home to her father after her husband’s death. ‘Finding Ohana’ Review: Treasure Hunting and Family Healing 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Having become a downtown theater darling of the 1990s with poker-faced melodramas of willfully plodding dialogue, Mr. Maxwell has extended his artistic reach in his middle years. Review: Lost and Found in a Steve Earle Soundscape in ‘Samara’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Her name is Brittany, and she performs her transformative duties with plodding exertion and a closed face. Review: A Put-Upon Nanny Erupts in Todd Solondz’s ‘Emma and Max’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z While real television soap operas are shaggy and plodding, Vargas Llosa’s novel is swift, seamless and as structurally symmetrical as a diamond. Mario Vargas Llosa’s delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The Schumann, a profound, mercurial and emotionally complex work, suffered from a careful tempo and sometimes plodding phrasing. A mixed bag from six young musicians (and from the judges) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z I didn't know – and that feeling of uncertainty kept me dutifully plodding through until the end. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Casablanca Case by Simon Swift 2012-10-03T10:07:25Z For a tale of thieving, The Words plods along. The Words: Oh What a Tangled Web They Weave 2012-09-06T14:00:18Z In Washington the afternoon plodded, nuzzled by a perfect sun. What it felt like to be in Washington on Election Day 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It's kind of like that feeling when watching a particularly plodding film trailer and you think to yourself, "Well, I've kind of seen the movie now." Buckle up! "The Lady and the Dale" is a wild ride through the cons of auto CEO Elizabeth Carmichael 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Lizzy plods across a scruffier, more Bohemian outpost of the same nonprofit cultural system. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Misalignments were just as delightful, like the mundane, plodding pivots that punctuated a dramatic question in a story about Cage’s grandmother: “John, are you ready for the second coming of the Lord?” Review: A Dance to John Cage’s Very Short Stories 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Sometimes the aha moment isn’t where we think it is; instead it’s just waiting for us to plod our way to the truth. Carolyn Hax: Abused man risks being accused himself if he doesn’t leave 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z But then, snap: the drums sink into a plodding 4/4 beat, the guitars start sulking and the only points of interest are Colette Thurlow's soaring vocals at the end of each chorus. 2:54: 2:54 – review 2012-06-07T21:45:02Z Whiplash vitality and plodding stubbornness tug against each other. Margaux Ogden's work rewards a second look at ltd/los angeles 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z OXFORD, England — To compile a dictionary of nearly every word in the English language was an endeavor typical of Victorian times, complete with white-bearded gentlemen, utter confidence and an endearingly plodding pace. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z It takes only a little care in reading beneath the surface of the plodding scientific prose to realize how worried these scientists are. Are We Overreacting on Climate Change? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z It plodded Saturday, especially with an unbalanced 73-minute first act and a second act half that length. John Adams' 'Ceiling/Sky' remains earthbound 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “What was tricky was trying to make the story hold. . . . This was just two guys plodding along. The whole movie was risky; nobody had any idea the movie would work.” William Goldman Turned Reporters into Heroes in “All the President’s Men” 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z It’s hard to enjoy the ambience, though, because the supernatural elements are presented in such a plodding, matter-of-fact and eventually giggle-inducing manner. Review: In Netflix’s ‘Chambers,’ a Horror Story With a Weak Pulse 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Oaky whites and tannic reds that seem plodding in the heat of summer become more attractive in fall and winter, warming us like a cozy fire with their richness and higher alcohol. Why you should add blush to the wine colors of fall 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z It manages to plod where it should fly, bearing the imprint of a hand so heavy it should – by rights – have crushed all life out of the song. Old music: The Mighty Wah! – Come Back 2013-01-24T07:00:00Z Instead, in 2010 he delivered “Matterhorn,” a heaving 600-page epic about the Vietnam War that was largely about the plodding, crushing effort of a company of Marines to reclaim control of a mountaintop base. Review | ‘Deep River’ bucks every literary trend, and that’s what makes it so charming 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z There’s no remorse here; the plodding mega-destruction of the last film is little more than a handy plot device. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Her winning poem, "Clothes that escaped the Great War", tells of the plodding carthorse who would take boys away to war, and then return, later, with just their clothes. First world war poem wins National Poetry Competition 2013 2013-03-27T20:29:01Z The final product plods along at 15 to 18 frames per second, or about the rate of a hand-cranked silent film. A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z For viewers, this means that “Game of Thrones” — always an awe-inspiring spectacle but sometimes plodding and frustrating — can become its own thing. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But it’s Joey and the mighty Topthorn who have the most complete personalities and who keep us watching as the plot plods on. | 'War Horse': A Boy and His Steed, Far From Humane Society 2011-04-15T02:01:02Z He condenses his California experience into a gospel-rock plod that hinges on the grandly meaningless line: "All you need is imagination". Tribes: Wish to Scream – review 2013-05-16T20:40:01Z The triumph of a plodding species over a swifter one isn’t just the stuff of Aesop’s fables. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Everything else plodded along, but how those Taylor dancers flew. Fall for Dance at City Center: The Old Man Shows How It Is Done 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z When its engine needs work, this car “screeches like a wild animal,” and teeth, eyes and even plodding feet appear, mysterious and terrific. Picture Books About Cars, Trucks and Other Things That Clank, Roar and Move Fast 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “Labyrinth” is too plodding and literal to rise to the level of camp, which could have saved it. ‘Labyrinth,’ Set in 13th and 21st Centuries 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z On a big-enough horse to match his proportions, he can plod down Main Street without causing panic. A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Occasionally his analysis feels plodding and dry — some color photos would have been nice — but otherwise “Forbidden Hollywood” provides an interesting window into Tinseltown’s early days. These Books Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z I’m a more anchored figure and very much more plodding. A Conversation With: John Malkovich: John Malkovich on Casanova and Other Roles 2013-05-27T21:18:58Z But Biasin’s script plods as it relies on repetitive band rehearsals and inert conversations to pad a story that only mildly explores young gay desire — like “Heartstopper” but with less charm and fewer stakes. ‘Sublime’ Review: Two Boys, One in Love 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It has been her fate, unfortunately, to make her furious, inspiring way through a series of plodding and ungainly stories. | 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': ?The Girl With Dragon Tattoo? ? Movie Review 2011-12-19T18:19:04Z Together they enable her to wrong-foot the plodding reason on its journey down what the circumstances might prove to be all too literally the dead end of thought. A Hospital Odyssey by Gwyneth Lewis 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z After about an hour, plodding turned to gliding. Review: Ufomammut Slowly Glides From Riff to Riff, at Saint Vitus 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Or they lean forward, their legs parted, to stamp their way through plodding routines. Review: A Triple Bill at the Royal Ballet Comes Up Two-Thirds Short 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Attenberg also sidesteps many of the pitfalls of the form: no day-by-day plodding through the decades, no unedited research notes masquerading as dialogue. ‘Queen of the Bowery’ embraced roles of sinner and saint 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z An early adopter of underground music in London, Goodman was dubious about dubstep's plodding pace towards mid-range bass thuggery when most people were still hearing it for the first time. Label of love: Hyperdub 2010-05-12T14:01:00Z As the young priest and his ancient mare plod through the gray, mist-sodden landscape, his arrogance turns to uneasiness. It’s 1468. Why Does the Village Priest Have an iPhone? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z There’s a Brechtian, polemical clarity to “Timon” that makes it ideal for the church pulpit and the editorial page but rather dry and plodding for the stage. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Johan was always the more dynamic and impressive of the two—an intellectual star, a brilliant philosopher, while Elias was just plodding through university, on his way to becoming a schoolteacher. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Bristol has the same glassy, anodyne good looks and manner as anyone who ever starred on ‘The Hills,” and the same knack for plodding conversations with lots of awkward silences and expository questioning. “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Cathy is a teacher living in Minneapolis, whose plodding existence loses its footing when she is given an advanced skin cancer diagnosis. 'Comedy is a way to survive' 2011-02-08T08:00:00Z The proceeding generation, those born after 9/11 or too young to remember it, anticipate a plodding, protracted apocalypse — a warming of the world, predicted for decades and approaching with terrible, slouching inevitability. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z But I guess I’m a little like a reckless puppy plodding around trying to eat something that’s not even food, and chewing your shoes and licking people who don’t want to be licked.” A Penitent Reflects on the Wilderness 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z It would be wrong not to acknowledge that one person's notion of leisurely story progression translates to another as plodding and inert. "Master of None" returns for an unexpected third season with "Moments in Love" 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z You could argue that the old model — one starter, one main, one dessert — is plodding and restrictive. Thanks for Not Sharing! My Fine Dining Isn’t Your Fork Orgy 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z No battle-scarred comedians plodding philosophically towards their next pie. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z Julius, the narrator of Open City, is just as sensitive to the New York whose pavements he plods, but he is essentially cut off from all around him. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z And yet, “Trump on Trial” doesn’t plod; it is well written and the reporting is panoramic. Does an Intellectual History of the Trump Era Exist? It Does Now 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Subtle flourishes of strings and plodding piano drive the song into the darkening horizon before closing track “Summer’s Gone” rises with lonely chimes and the gentle creak of an oboe. Beach Boys' 'Radio' Tunes Into Summer Nostalgia 2012-06-05T10:45:30Z This is, you might think, an enterprise doomed to plodding literalism or to strained vivacity. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Philadelphia, Here I Come!; Playing the Games: Taking Part/After the Party – review 2012-08-04T23:06:09Z Kane’s novel is landfilled with such highbrow trivia as May’s life of quiet desperation plods on, page after page, the road trip you wish would just end. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The first 300 pages are competently written — workmanlike — but they are plodding, too. My Stephen King problem 2012-07-06T14:42:00Z It’s plodding, morose and, unlike Monroe’s real life, endless. Review: ‘Grace of Monaco,’ a Fractured Fairy Tale on Lifetime 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z So, congratulations to anyone who stuck with this show through the somewhat plodding first four episodes. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: Yes, He'll Now Admit to Being a Fan 2011-10-07T14:13:58Z Songs like “Graceless” and “Slipped” are plodding and repetitive. Question for The National: When is subtle just plain dull? 2013-05-17T21:50:14Z You hear his frustration: “The drums are driving me mad!” he says on a plodding take of “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Bob Dylan and the “Hot Hand” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z His plodding version of King Crimson's "Matte Kudasai" preserved the luster of his voice but proved rhythmically stagnant and melodically dull. Kurt Elling: The thrill is gone 2011-02-12T15:14:00Z But alone, Degas suffers from doubt about his work because he is “not gifted, is not prescient, he is not an auteur, he is only a draftsman, a servant, a plodding poseur.” ‘I Always Loved You’: the flames of an artistic passion 2014-01-29T23:40:36Z A less kindly evaluation would describe its progression as slow, even plodding at points. "Y: The Last Man" presents a fascinating dystopia that probes the artifacts of our gendered world 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But, as is the case with “Under the Dome,” the new series dilutes its own mystique with too many plodding plot devices and stock characters. ‘Extant’ Stars Halle Berry as a Space Traveler With a Secret 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z And the thing is, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ plodding espionage procedural would be a near-perfect Oscar movie, if we could shove it into the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back to 1986. Oscar 2016 is almost here: Here’s who will win — and who should 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z With so much plodding along, the actors in “Thirteen Reasons Why” find themselves shouting unsatisfying dialogue at one another in redundant scenes that loop over and over. Review | ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ shows how adults can really mess up teen angst 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z More characters who plod glumly around New York, annoyed that they are not quite fully fledged superheroes. 'Drabness incarnate!' Are we finally suffering from Marvel fatigue? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z He'd like to be able to plod from state-to-state as the likely nominee, racking up delegates and trying to avoid unforced errors, while the news media's attention shifts to an Obama-Romney showdown in the fall. Romney fails to deliver knockout blow 2012-03-07T13:05:00Z The whole quality for me was heavy and plodding; there's nothing joyous or swinging about it. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z While occasionally plodding in its structure and timing, “Herstory” is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon and experience the beauty of Governors Island; its glimpses of old-school theatrical magic outweigh any logistical flaws. Review: In ‘Herstory of the Universe,’ Ancient Myths Are Brought to Life 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Blow-by-blow accounts of Johanna’s attempts to make sense of a smartphone and descriptions of the way she cares for her roses and her dog are plodding. A Not-So-Cold Case in Not-So-Frigid Iceland 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “The One” doesn’t find its footing in any of these genres; they just plod around one another uncomfortably. | 'The One': ?The One,? a Coming-Out Film by Caytha Jentis ? Review 2011-10-06T23:16:31Z This, like the Greek chorus-like one-liners, breaks up any sense of a plodding history lesson. ‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz “Wolf Children” plods through like a sedated cousin of “The Gash”, though its charm wears off before long. The Flaming Lips Play Around with the Ender’s Game Score 2013-11-01T13:00:58Z The plodding predictability of this message gives Brave a dullness at odds with its luscious appearance. Brave by name, bland by nature 2012-08-20T10:03:02Z It was plodding and every song sounded the same. Concert review: Beach House at Showbox 2012-10-05T16:31:07Z The twists and turns provide adequate entertainment, but Mackintosh plods until the last scenes of the book. Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The playwright folds facts and conjecture into a plodding account of their quasi romance, which began in 1904, as Boston critics were calling O’Neil “the American Sarah Bernhardt.” | 'Nance O?Neil': Lizzie Borden Finds Love (Perhaps) After the Ax 2010-09-20T21:56:00Z But the off-kilter fun was soon dropped for something more plodding and fragmented. NW New Works Festival closes with strong Mainstage show | Performance review 2011-06-20T19:12:04Z On Wednesday the middle movement, “Aria With Walking Bass,” was more plodding than witty. Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The early episodes plod until a crime sets the gears of a murder-mystery into motion and the characters start brooding less and doing more. HBO's The Leftovers: intense, unpredictable, occasionally brilliant 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The plodding denouement offered one last bit of cathartic howling and allowed for the hope that even if the end is coming, at least it’ll sound good. Kithkin makes the end times sound good | Concert review 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z This is a book that plods along for 500 pages without developing any momentum at all. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z The first single, Thing About You, is a plodding mid-tempo rocker, buoyed by back-up vocals and Wood's admittedly righteous electric guitar. Ronnie Wood announces solo album 2010-08-24T13:25:00Z When “The Firm” came out, Brimley was fifty-eight years old—plodding, portly, with a gray walrus mustache, his grandfatherly mien in this case turned sinister. The Wilford Brimley Meme That Helps Measure Tom Cruise’s Agelessness 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Stewart’s plodding script, far removed from the light-footed political commentary he regularly delivered on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” evinces no apparent zest for its subject. ‘Irresistible’ Review: The Voters Are Red, the Message Is Blue 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z I’d have given all my popcorn for something unexpected, like a song-and-dance number, but “Ride Along” just plods along, not terrible but never particularly engaging. ‘Ride Along’: Someone stop this genre, I want to get off 2014-01-16T00:10:53Z Timothy Russell’s conducting varies between galvanizing and plodding, but the Phoenix Symphony’s playing is consistently excellent. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: Dreaming of Snow 2010-12-23T12:00:37Z The actors perform adjectives instead of characters: a photographer is "perky"; a young woman is "buxom"; a dosser is "downtrodden" or "defiant"; a policeman – like much of the dialogue – is "plodding". The Captain of Köpenick; Pierrepoint: The Hangman's Tale – review 2013-02-10T00:05:21Z Wang betrays his theatrical background with a slightly plodding tendency to begin and end scenes with arrivals or departures. 'In the Family': Insightful look at one family's transformation 2012-10-04T20:02:07Z Fittingly, this was followed by “Levels,” a bevy of boasts strung together with a beat that plods like a marching battalion. Meek Mill’s fans happy for late, rather than never, at Echostage 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Even The Lost City of Z’s director, James Gray, has admitted he underestimated Miller’s talent until shooting began, and she is one of the highlights of an otherwise rather plodding film. Sienna Miller: 'I feel relatively immune to bitchy criticism now' 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z With so many police, and so much police talk, this was a little… plodding… but inordinately valuable, if rather confusing to my own mind about being a man. Rewind TV: The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers; I Am Slave 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z “The Pink Hotel” is comparatively plodding and repetitive. In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Instead of laying down plodding rock-steady lines, his riffs gad about with squirrelly industry, something that hasn't impressed his more single-minded collaborators. Thundercat finds a place for his bass 2013-07-05T12:00:00Z That, Mr. Bar-Lev says, is “one of the reasons why most music documentaries are lame — they seek that exhaustive, plodding chronology.” Grateful Dead Documentary: A Four-Hour Jam on Jerry Garcia’s World 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z From the opening splat of the snare, my white guy comfort zone is massaged by its steady plod. Lou Barlow: “The thing that I equate most with Beck is generosity” 2014-02-26T00:32:00Z “That’s what I would, of course, choose to write about,” he said, adding that it was part of his “own plodding way” to move the world in a progressive direction. An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z We crisscrossed streets, Pudge plodding along as we knocked on doors and asked passers-by if they recognized him. Pudge Will Keep Us Together 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z More than cruelty and lust for power, the plodding tedium of bureaucracies, which take on a life of their own, are the engines of inquisitions. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z Meanwhile Liam Smith's brutish ploughman homeward plods his weary way to a loveless marriage. Lake District 'hate triangle' absorbs playgoers in icy Cumbria 2012-02-09T15:21:02Z Even Orifice Origami, which should offer some respite based on its title alone, merely plods, while Sweet Sipping Soda sounds like the View sat on a keyboard. Reptar: Body Faucet – review 2012-06-28T20:00:01Z If the novel’s first hundred pages are disorienting and occasionally plodding, the last hundred have a rare narrative sweep and force. ‘Christodora’: A powerful novel about the AIDS crisis and its legacy 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The first four episodes were slow and plodding, like an episode of Raw where nothing seems to happen. Entourage meets the NFL: Dwayne Johnson's charisma lifts HBO's Ballers 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z And the intertwining story lines prove too much for Ms. deBessonet, whose staging tends to be plodding, flat and unclear. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z “I think probably because she was a downtrodden, poor little soul. I think people were sorry for Hilda. “She went plodding away, doing her best all the time, always aspiring to better things. Jean Alexander, who played Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden, dies aged 90 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Gould has a large, slightly phlegmatic voice, and on Wednesday he kept pushing dynamically into each note, giving each a little extra emphasis, which created the impression at times of plodding. Review | National Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Tristan’ was lacking in D.C. They made up for it in New York. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z But it’s telling that there is barely a moment of dance in this eventually plodding “Giant.” Theater On Broadway and Off, post-Sandy 2012-12-07T00:27:00Z But it is testament to the sheer, plodding dullness of Ms. Cheng’s two pieces that the idea of meaning didn’t cross my mind during the hourlong program. Dance Review: Movements in the Cunningham Mode 2011-04-29T21:20:53Z Adopting an erratic, flashback-fortified style, he disrupts the typical plod to sobriety. Review: Joaquin Phoenix Treks the Long Road to Sobriety in ‘Don’t Worry’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The plodding gait of the models, who peered down at the audience as they meandered among the marble tables, didn't help things. Thom Browne bends the genders with 'Cabaret' show 2011-06-27T17:14:31Z Practically alone in the hall, he plodded slowly through scales, sounding like a child at practice. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Bristol has got the same glassy, anodyne good looks and manner as anyone who ever starred on ‘The Hills,” and the same knack for plodding conversations with lots of awkward silences and expository questioning. More bull from Bristol Palin 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z The 10-minute walk was uneventful, but the congested trail caused by the bottleneck did little to lift our dampened spirits as we plodded on. Explorer: In New Zealand?s Remote Fiordland 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z In both films, there's an evocative shot of a rural road with an old man plodding along. Paul Mazursky made incisive, edgy comedies without a mean streak 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Michael Glover - The Independent The curators have been encouraged to look at the Tate's vast holdings year by year, with a plodding degree of thoroughness, in order to spot the unusual. Tate rehang 'triumphant', say papers 2013-05-14T11:29:30Z “It worries me that if something is an absolutely po-faced, witless plodding through of something awful then it is taken to be acclaimed,” he says. David Mitchell: ‘I see myself as a coward’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Where passive voices plod one after the other, the writer should vary sentence structure and where the passive results in awkward flow, use sentence structure to link information sensibly for the reader’s sake. Passive panic 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Each play was an intracranial epic, a succession of impossibly tall stories that liberated the theatre from plodding linearity and mendacious cause and effect. Simon Callow remembers Snoo Wilson: his work was 'the stuff of dreams' 2013-07-05T16:51:22Z Bears plod through the woods in quest of blueberries, cranberries and honeysuckle berries, which Kamchatkans also collect by the bushel. Forged by Volcanoes, Kamchatka Offers Majestic, Magnetic Wilds 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z In nine minutes he moves us musically from the plodding pulse of work songs to the swing of 1930s Harlem nightclubs. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z How novel it would be to read Lena Dunham’s thoughts on the idea of failure: What would it have felt like to plod through every day confident that greater glory exists elsewhere? Review: ‘Not That Kind of Girl,’ by Lena Dunham One thing the four movies do have in common is an inability to deliver a decent action sequence: Burton’s are plodding and tame, Schumacher’s simply incoherent. 'I'm sucking up your IQ!': what 90s Batman teaches us 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The loyal, plodding Cain even made the first thanksgiving sacrifice to God, of produce, and did so apparently on his own initiative. The Bible goes Greek 2012-09-30T12:00:00Z A procession of nine nascent turtle siblings plodded steadfast and determined to a steep bank, where they tumbled, carapace over teakettle, into the gently flowing water. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z He plods from there to the ramp and back again, occasionally offering feeble waist-high waves to passing cars, greeting those who will hopefully dispense emergency funds to his cause. “Homeless and hungry — please help!”: Baltimore’s panhandlers ask for our sympathy and loose change. Why are they so polarizing? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z In addition to plodding through old records both in print and online, she embarked on a Morris Sisters travel itinerary. Review | Julie Klam was fascinated by the saga of her immigrant relatives. Was it even true? 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Like during “Early Roman Kings” when Dylan and his five-man band conjured a roadhouse blues that plodded like a death march. Bob Dylan in concert at Constitution Hall: Vexing, enchanting, punishing This is theory that skips, rather than plods. How do we make America great? 'Necessary Trouble' and 'Against Democracy' take contrasting views 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The narrative slows when Medearis explains the plodding deal-making of real estate development, which is not as compelling as the lively tension between his characters. A Novel That’s Part Noir Mystery, Part Love Letter to Bedford-Stuyvesant 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The slow movement did not plod, and the third movement was a pleasing combination of playful scherzo and leisurely trio. Review | Asian Youth Orchestra, Chang play favorites to sound of crickets 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Marks: That helps put in context some of the shortcomings of Davenant's effort at contemporizing and why, for me, Shakespeare's version is transcendent, while this one feels so plodding. Review | Two critics debate a rare rehashing of a revised ‘Macbeth,’ singing witches and all 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The opener, “Calypso Minor,” begins with just bass and drums on a stark, nearly plodding groove, before the horns bleat the simplest of melodies, phrasing behind the beat: funk without toil. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z One of the problems was that spooks and plods aren't literary critics. British Writers and MI5 Surveillance 1930-1960 by James Smith – review 2013-03-07T12:00:01Z It’s not nearly as highbrow and well-constructed as it needs to be, and it’s far too serious and plodding to be a zippy break from reality. “The Killing”: Who killed Rosie Larsen? We’ll finally learn 2012-06-14T15:25:00Z But the justice system has plodded along, stipulating hustlers to drug treatment and selling it politically as a humane alternative to incarceration. Hustlers Anonymous 2012-10-15T22:38:00Z Though the narcotized “White Telephone” plods, the lithe acoustic ballad “Memoir” thaws Gainsbourg’s chilliness and replaces it with a warm, enchanting fragility. Album review: Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'Stage Whisper' 2011-12-12T08:00:00Z Ones like “White Horse” and “You’re Not Sorry,” songs I am fond of as writing but plod a little production-wise on the original, sound fresh and refined. Taylor Swift Remade ‘Fearless’ as ‘Taylor’s Version.’ Let’s Discuss. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps it wouldn’t feel so arduous to plod through this pile of worn phrases if the plot moved more quickly. Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Most writers plod through the “striking events” of the narrative and fill in the gaps with dialogue, description and commentary. Movie Review: ?The Raven,? With John Cusack, Directed by James McTeigue 2012-04-26T23:19:38Z Unfortunately, Madigan’s plodding pacing is a persistent drag, while her tonally inconsistent performers, who run the gamut from the farcical to the lugubrious, sometimes seem to be jobbing in from different plays. Inconsistent tone, uneven direction plague 'Off the King's Road' 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Much of the documentary, which opens on the day Donald J. Trump was inaugurated into office, plods along like a dutiful recap of a show we watched not too long ago. Review: ‘The Fourth Estate’ Is a Competent but Incomplete Peek Inside The Times 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Perhaps its setting is too hermetic, its rhythms too plodding, its concerns too glancingly telegraphed. Movie Review: In ‘Apparition,’ a Philippine Drama, Nuns Face Civil Strife 2013-07-09T18:21:34Z Rather than plod through each remarkable concert, widely commented on elsewhere, I will pick highlights. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z The first moments captured its quicksilver entirety: a struck chord that briefly plodded before suddenly skipping ahead. The New Juilliard Ensemble in a Harrison Birtwistle Premiere 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The choral “oohs” on the introduction, thudding bass and plodding piano built into the production owe more to the way hip-hop reimagines gospel than to traditional gospel arrangements. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Then it slowed down even more, to a dull plod, as I checked and rechecked that this was the best I could do. Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows 2013-02-10T00:04:02Z The first two episodes are relatively restrained by “Luther” standards, with an emphasis on plodding police work, while the case against Luther percolates in the background. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Luther,’ Starring Idris Elba, Is Back for Season 3 2013-09-02T20:49:55Z Afterwards, he put his arms around me and Alberta and we watched the horse-drawn carriage slowly plod down our road towards the workhouse infirmary. The coalition's attacks on the NHS will return us to the age of the workhouse 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Every so often, a jangling trail of sheep plods across the horizon. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Breathy and strangely plodding, the performance ended well enough, but apparently not a moment too soon for the coaches. 'The Voice' recap: Teams Gwen and Pharrell get their grooves on 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z It plods along, the plot twists are signposted miles in advance, the character relationships are clunky and uninvolving, there's no tension and the action proceeds at a sea snail's pace. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-08-03T07:00:00Z The prose here is beautiful but sometimes plodding, largely focused on establishing character and events. ‘Inheritance From Mother’: A must-read novel about the tangled bonds of motherhood 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z A doom doo-wop band should be an impossibility: Doom is a plodding, earthbound style of metal while doo-wop harmonies are lighter than air. Review: More than the Couples Are Odd in ‘The Hollower’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z It feels very pedestrian and sort of plodding, but it’s really crazy and great – and very scary and sad. Charlie Kaufman on weirdness, failure and his new puppet noir 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z It plods along boasting all the shock and awe of constant updates, yet by the end the narrative seems canned. In This Novel, America and the Weather Are Both Extreme 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Another compelling trait of the peony is that it is the giant tortoise of the garden; once established, it just keeps plodding along. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z It's an uncomfortable experience, embarrassing for everyone involved not because of any squeamish subject matter – quite the contrary, seeing retirement-age characters are refreshing – but because the story structure is so fake and so plodding. And So It Goes: embarrassing for everyone – first look review 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Paul, a plodding, laconic milquetoast whose dental practice is failing, acquires mysterious healing powers. Movie Review: ‘Touchy Feely’ Explores Family Emotions 2013-09-05T22:05:20Z Squandering their collision of pathologies, the film plods through their courtship and drains its potential gothic mysteries of their energy. Movie Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:07:21Z On the misleadingly named Dangerous, he is "wrapped around her finger"; on the plodding These Are the Words he's "dancing with a broken heart". James Blunt ? review 2011-03-02T19:01:00Z They tend to be more plodding, whether they were the “Kojak”s or the “Cannon”s. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z Some readers, in fact, may tire of the long descent into mediocrity and find parts of the book plodding. Book review: ‘Hope’ by Richard Zoglin For much of the afternoon, he plodded along, recording most changes without question, pushing back when he thought it harmed the flow or muddled a point. Malcolm Gladwell Polishes His Podcast in a Brooklyn Studio 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z But after another Broadway success with “Call Me Madam,” Berlin ended his Great White Way career with a dud, the plodding “Mr. President” of 1962. The Man Who Was American Music 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z But anyone who likes to take the long view of art history, rather than plodding along movement by movement, is in for an eye-opening, intellectually stimulating treat. Review: ‘The Critique of Reason’ Revisits What Romantic Art Means 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z And Whicher isn't my absolute favourite detective – modest, self-effacing, meticulous, a good man certainly, but a bit of a bore, more plodding than the actual plod. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; The Fantastic Mr Feynman – TV review 2013-05-13T06:00:25Z It's not that the actors are not talented, they are, but this restless show is plodding along without any pronounced heroes or villains. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The rough-hewed second movement plodded along somewhat rudely, the second violins hacking away unceremoniously at the first statement of the Ländler. BSO bids a reluctant farewell with Mahler’s Ninth Symphony at Strathmore 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z And though I spent half an hour plodding up switchbacks, the towering redwoods and green Santa Lucia Mountains rewarded the effort. Big Sur, California’s most scenic coast, reopens – to hikers only 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Not that “Hannah Arendt,” though ultimately a celebration of seriousness, is grim or plodding. Movie Review: ‘Hannah Arendt,’ With Barbara Sukowa and Janet McTeer 2013-05-28T21:31:05Z They plod forward at an excruciating pace, stumbling clumsily over each other to get closer to the camera. Are "The Real Housewives" really flesh-eating zombies? 2010-10-16T23:01:00Z In the macabre farce of human existence, we’re all hopeful zombies, plodding along, “uneasy, rumbling with hunger.” ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Structurally, James’s journey is reflected through the plodding histories of the famous silk-stocking women he intersected with, and as a result the designer’s own image never fully fills the mirror. Books Are the New Black 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s also the most plodding song on “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and one that I skip each time I play the double album. 13 monster hits that suck by artists you love: “This is a jam for Guy Fieri-catered deck parties” 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z "This was an Emmy telecast so plodding, lifeless and just plain glum that even the overdue best drama win for 'Breaking Bad' failed to provide a lift at the end of the show," Rooney said. Emmy telecast wins bigger audience, but leaves critics cold 2013-09-24T01:17:56Z As the seconds tick past, and Mr. Hurt keeps on staring, and stares some more, we become uncomfortably aware of the heavy tread of time as it plods by. | 'Krapp?s Last Tape': ?Krapp?s Last Tape,? With John Hurt, at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T03:01:00Z After the last drops from a carafe of the house red, we plodded up the rifugio’s creaky wooden stairs for a good night’s sleep in the modest dormitory. 2010-01-23T05:45:00Z “I’m not a fan of the plodding change, taking years and years to figure something out,” he said. How the Grammys and Deborah Dugan Went From Hello to War in 5 Months 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Delightfully well-written if a little plodding – they all are, especially the comedians, whose jokes work grandly if said, always less well if written. Bumper crop 2010-10-09T23:04:00Z "This was an Emmy telecast so plodding, lifeless and just plain glum that even the overdue best drama win for Breaking Bad failed to provide a lift at the end of the show," . Emmy Awards win bigger TV audience 2013-09-24T09:44:01Z In the name of God!In the name of a small but worthy charity, we plod on, to the finish and vitality,fleeing those intimations of mortality. 'Play up! play up!' 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z That noise, along with others like the plodding footsteps of a giant, were meticulously crafted and layered. Below the Line: The Sounds of 'Into the Woods' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “Something essential about Washington has been lost to posterity, making him seem a worthy but plodding man who somehow stumbled into greatness,” Mr. Chernow writes at the start. Books of The Times: Dusting Off an Elusive President?s Dull Image 2010-09-27T23:42:00Z Parsons’ integration into Thelema is stretched out over several unhurried episodes, but if Strange Angel occasionally plods along it’s only because the story needs time to gestate. Science and sex cults: rocketeer Jack Parsons hits the small screen 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Her delicate bowing style appeared almost lackadaisical in the opening slow movement, while the piano accompaniment plodded along. Music Review: Miranda Cuckson and Blair McMillen in Recital 2013-05-11T02:06:28Z After his own plodding and earnest fashion, Adams glimpsed the big picture too. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z This week’s installment of “Game of Thrones,” “Mockingbird,” brought a coupling and a decoupling, both of which provided satisfying releases in an otherwise plodding episode. 'Game of Thrones' Watch: Through the Moon Door 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Musically, it plods along with a clumsiness that’s usually reserved for the villains in animated Disney films. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z A vocabulary of movement, gesture and response is surely different from a literal vocabulary, so mapping one straightforwardly to the other is likely to be plodding. Lost in translation: does dancing to words work? 2011-04-06T15:58:31Z Every day, every moment, every sight was new and different, and as I plodded toward an ever-changing horizon, with a map and compass in hand, a wild joy would swell in my chest. My 1,700-mile hike across the XL Pipeline 2013-01-20T12:45:00Z Nothing plodding about him though, he was a maverick. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; The Fantastic Mr Feynman – TV review 2013-05-13T06:00:25Z The plodding pace made you long for a return to “Mambo Mambo,” Ms. Godsell’s brazen, boisterous throwback to 1950s Latin dance clubs. Dance Review: E-Moves Presents New Choreographers at Harlem Stage 2014-04-13T21:12:20Z Fudd is always trying to hunt down Bugs, whose mental agility enables him repeatedly to outwit his foolishly plodding predator. Chuck Jones’s Animated Offspring in ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “But if we replicated the pace and tone of the original, people might find it slow according to present-day standards, perhaps a little theatrical and plodding.” Television: Rose, Fetch Her Ladyship a Sequel 2011-04-01T21:46:41Z Hinds’s approach to word-and-image storytelling actively deploys the space of the page, making use of irregular, diagonal panels and full-page bleeds, mixing up the composition — it’s dynamic, unlike many plodding adaptations. The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More. 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Even under the best of circumstances, “Rocky Horror” is up and down from this point: “I Can Make You a Man” plods everywhere. A “Rocky Horror” for the “High School Musical” Generation 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Their characters may be on the periphery of the fraternal battle, but the theatrical color they supply distracts us from the plodding pace of the writing and Hynes' at times too deliberate staging. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Also, this scoops up some of the great comedians of the day, Williams, James, Jacques and my favourite, Bernard Bresslaw, plodding about with his high-pitched voice. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Here we have a drooling, plodding zombie with dead eyes, throwing itself into the path of danger just for a taste of human flesh. Are "The Real Housewives" really flesh-eating zombies? 2010-10-16T23:01:00Z Luckily for Ainsworth, he didn't live in the U.S., and the case has taken five years to plod over to England to be re-tried. George Lucas loses Stormtrooper helmet battle 2011-07-27T21:28:00Z "I Love Rock and Roll" plods along, with a telegraphed rhyme scheme and overproduced sheen. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Seven complaints about its 2015 selections 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Unlike the entrancing Cunningham work, “Hush” exposed how plodding a duet can be. ABT Studio Company Offers ‘Le Corsaire’ Excerpts 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Chances are he'd be exactly where he ended up anyway – plodding around in his tracksuit listening to deliberately jarring jazz with the world's most downbeat expression plastered across his face. Please release me: Why getting dumped is a film hero's best hope 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z Blaring, plodding and probably run through only once beforehand. BSO breathes new fire into familiar classics in Sunday matinee 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z After a while it feels like being led through plodding, 4/4 time dance steps. What Our Extremist Politics Owe to Batman and Captain America 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z We want our horror either campy or spooky, but for far too many pages, “Devolution” plods along a dull middle ground, not so much building suspense as venting it. Review | A great Bigfoot novel may be lurking out there. Max Brooks’s ‘Devolution’ isn’t it. 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Because at the moment, you've just got a plodding song featuring the sound of someone wading through a drain, and a bit with that staple junior school instrument, the block of wood. Miguel, Ke$ha, Gold Panda: this week's new tracks 2013-03-04T06:00:00Z Getting to the top in book publishing has traditionally been a plodding and prolonged climb — and once you got there, you didn’t leave. In Publishing, ‘Everything Is Up for Change’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z A big-screen soap about a middle-aged man delving, with plodding deliberation, into the mystery of his son’s death, “Chongqing Blues” immediately set alarms that the festival was off to a bad start. Film: Cannes Runs a Bit Short on Stars This Year 2010-05-13T21:44:00Z A previous Spy... series had trained elephants plodding around the jungle taking sneaky pics of tigers. TV highlights 29 December 2010-12-20T04:35:00Z But its screenplay is mostly second-rate soap opera and its direction plodding, with many scenes held, awkwardly, longer than they need to be. 'The Grace Card': a hard-to-swallow tale of redemption 2011-02-24T20:38:06Z Back at the railway, Frederick Wicks isn't sure the plod have the right man. Murder On The Victorian Railway: something completely different 2013-02-16T06:00:03Z Of the tracks premiered here, Being Followed is a dreary plod, while Leave a Light On sounds like a turgid take on old favourite Save a Prayer. Duran Duran ? review 2011-03-08T18:29:38Z But the poem doesn't forget or devalue the "sheer plod" of the farm-labourer – another alter ego, I suspect. Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z The plodding pace does not match the show’s catastrophic premise. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 4: A Way Forward 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z And, as I plod around the Lake District where I was raised, it’s been harder to meet my four-legged neighbours’ gaze in the fields where they’re being fattened. My life as an (almost) vegan restaurant critic 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Also, be on the lookout for young alligators plodding around. At national parks and zoos, it’s prime time for baby animals 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z But as for the rest of this plodding reimagining, it wasn’t more macabre or mysterious; it was just more tethered to conventional thinking and mainstream filmmaking. Spoiler Alert: Snow White, Warrior Princess, and Her Forgettable Dwarfs 2012-06-04T10:45:38Z Bicycles, newspaper boxes, mass homelessness, plodding iPhone gazers — all these things disturbed the fiction of a street neatly divided into walkers and cars. The death of the sidewalk 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Once again, the translation plods, though luckily few of the words were audible. The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z The slapdash structure definitely hurts the movie as much as the plodding script. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z He told me he couldn't phone any of his friends from the NoW any more as the police seized their mobiles, so if you texted them, you were texting plod. Rupert Murdoch and phone hacking: an insiders' story 2011-07-27T18:24:35Z Mr. Wang betrays his theatrical background with a slightly plodding tendency to begin and end scenes with arrivals or departures. | 'In the Family': ?In the Family,? From Patrick Wang - Review 2011-11-04T00:09:36Z Still, both the collection and the plodding display lacked Gaultier's energy and flair. Fashion world flocks to see Galliano collection 2011-03-07T01:35:15Z Barbra Streisand has some delectable moments, but she was too young to play matchmaker Dolly Levi, Walter Matthau looks miserable and the film plods dutifully through farcical scenes that can’t fully come to life on-screen. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z In stark contrast to Mike’s whirling theatrics, Adam plods down the stage with little finesse. Magic Mike: The Sexy, Sad Lies We Tell Ourselves 2012-06-28T20:15:18Z New evidence for the case that computer animation is homogenizing children’s movies, robbing them of visual interest, this harmless, charmless movie plods along well-trodden turf. ‘Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer’ Review: A Miniature Horse Hoofs His Way to the Top 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It's certainly plodding and humdrum enough to be authentic – though does chuck in the odd Columbo-style red herring to keep us interested. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 12-16 November 2012-11-12T08:09:51Z A stony-faced soldier plods through the grime and snow on horseback, a rifle slung over his shoulder, as the rain turns puddles into muddy lagoons. The Godfather – but with chimpanzees: on set with War for the Planet of the Apes 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Fear is very slow and plodding and they need to kill off some characters, because the only one I am even interested in at this point is Victor. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 2: The World Said Enough 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z As the team investigates a series of murders linked to a dating agency, the plod's girl next door is going through a crisis of confidence. Unreported World 2010-04-09T05:45:00Z You watch grinning as they plod around Corfe Castle and sing their songs and Steadman says: “It’s not fair, Keith”, then, whoops, your smile evaporates as it all goes a bit pear‑shaped. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Instead of plodding through the chronology of Bowie’s life and career, Morgen conjures the singer’s presence through an artful collage of concert footage and other archival material, including feature films and music videos. ‘Moonage Daydream’ Review: David Bowie’s Sound and Vision 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Figure out when in the day you feel most creative, when you feel most physically energetic, when you feel most plodding but effective. The truth about time management: how I went from chaos to punctual calm in one week 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Anthony Page directs with a plodding ponderousness that turns this disconcerting comedy into a three-hour trudge. What to say about ... Design for Living 2010-09-20T11:47:00Z Between the mostly innocent victims and the plodding pace, a depressing tone settles over the movie. ‘Sightseers’: Script takes too many wrong turns 2013-06-13T21:15:59Z These “Think Different” poster stars were not exactly out-of-the-box choices, and “Genius,” its title notwithstanding, plodded in that mushy middle ground where dutiful biography meets mediocre storytelling. Review: ‘Genius: Aretha’ Speaks Loudest When It Sings 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z I filed it away in the box of losses I carry with me and grimly plodded on through my own attempt at a life. A bitter aftertaste: how you taught me to drink 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z When I saw this production’s tryout last summer at the Berkshire Theater Group, in Stockbridge, Mass., I admired the leading actors but hoped the dull staging and plodding pace might be enhanced for Broadway. Review: Sound, or Silence? A Passionate Debate in ‘Children of a Lesser God’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Move ahead to the October premiere of “Reed Between the Lines,” a plodding family sitcom on BET. Television: ?New Girls,? ?2 Broke Girls,? ?Last Man Standing?: New Season for Old Jokes 2011-11-23T14:30:42Z Lights flash, the band headbang enthusiastically, Blue Skies and My Broken Heart explode like a fireworks display, and all these ardent exertions result in a lacklustre sound that plods where it hopes to soar. Noah and the Whale 2010-07-14T09:16:00Z Both are illuminating, if occasionally plodding, in their own ways. Critic’s Notebook: Dance on Camera Festival Has a Wide Focus 2014-01-31T00:04:43Z The chronological approach to the account made sense, but felt plodding with this delivery. Arise Black Man: the Peter Tosh Story ? review 2010-11-24T07:59:00Z There is nothing worse, he says, than plodding through the plot points of a story that is dead before it hits the page. George Saunders: a life in writing 2013-01-12T12:01:01Z Some of the faster movements plodded a little too deliberately in this performance. The bar was set high for Austrian cellist Kian Soltani, and his latest recital delivered 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “Ocean’s Kingdom,” first performed in September, is as plodding as ever: four movements of static choreography by Mr. Martins, along with blandly sweeping music and a convoluted libretto by Mr. McCartney. Dance Review: ?Ocean?s Kingdom? at New York City Ballet - Review 2012-01-21T00:29:19Z This results in a pace that is simultaneously plodding and sprawling. Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from "The Morning Show" to "For All Mankind" 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z How do you put a first-person narrative on the stage without plodding or being ridiculously bouncy? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Untold Stories – review 2013-03-17T00:05:53Z “Bohemian Rhapsody” plods, explains, obscures, speculates and flattens. Queen, Ally and the Alchemy of Musical Stardom on the Big Screen 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Think of it, almost, as an especially plodding four-hour edition of "Dateline." "Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich" is an important, but painfully incomplete portrait of his victims 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z As the Charlatans plod through the leaden psychedelia of their traditional set-closer, Sproston Green, it's clear that this was one period piece that was not worthy of a revisit. The Charlatans 2010-06-02T20:46:00Z The ballads, however, plod along with heavy-handed emotion, and are comparatively Identikit. Little Mix: DNA – review 2012-11-15T21:15:01Z Similarly, a version of the Thelonious Monk tune “Well, You Needn’t” felt plodding and in need of some kind of center. Music Review: Three Bands Turn Up at a Show for Two 2011-06-27T22:34:39Z “Making art is born of necessity and it’s an ongoing process—responding to the world and continuously moving forward, occasionally hitting on something then plodding ahead,” she wrote in an e-mail. The Artist As a Lonely Hunter 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Instead, she backs away and pivots to a story — a plodding 17-page story — about being hoodwinked into buying $4,000 face cream. Review | Decades after ‘Sex and the City,’ Candace Bushnell returns to her old stomping grounds 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Yet Mann's competent five-piece band are notably short on visceral thrills as they plod through the lethargic grooves of forgettable, country-tinged new workouts such as Slip and Roll and Soon Enough. Aimee Mann 2013-01-29T15:17:42Z Once a drug is discovered, generally through a plodding process of trial and error, it must be purified, repeatedly tested in animals and humans, then manufactured in bulk. Before You Fill That Prescription, You May Want to Read These Books 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z She does not plod across the stage; she alights upon it. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z When “First Winter” was introduced this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, there were complaints that its characters were dislikable and paper thin, its momentum plodding and its theme a cliché. Movie Review: ‘First Winter,’ a Benjamin Dickinson Film 2012-11-16T00:09:10Z The 6-foot singer nicknamed the Goddess of Tall has been rocking out for a loyal following since the mid-1970s, but the new album suffers from too many plodding tempos and not enough strong material. Review: Chapman runs hot, cold on 'Blaze of Glory' 2013-05-28T13:02:08Z Though this is a slow, at times plodding film, it holds more intricacies than that plot summary alone can convey. ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ Review: God Is Always Watching 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The movie’s pace can feel somewhat plodding, but the narrative intricacies are easy to follow. Film: Passionate Tales of Lost Identities 2011-09-08T12:30:07Z The creators of this show use the plodding kind of zombie famous from “Night of the Living Dead,” though they have ambitions beyond a Fringe-style one-joke sketch. | 'Death Valley': The Undead Are Uneasy in the Untamed West 2011-07-03T21:10:27Z We may remember the scenes of frenzied action, and all the broken glass, but, for the most part, the movie is made up of plodding moments of dread-inducing monotony and quiet. The Unforgettable Villainy of Alan Rickman in “Die Hard” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The character’s occasional zingers go only so far to redeem “In Praise of Love,” the talky, genteelly plodding Terence Rattigan play that is receiving a revival from the Washington Stage Guild. ‘In Praise of Love’: A second look at the 1970s play’s retorts and tear-jerkers 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Becker shows how the campaign for same-sex marriage was reinvigorated when advocates’ plodding state-by-state strategy was replaced by a federal lawsuit against California’s Proposition 8. 50 notable works of nonfiction But when “Darker” screened earlier this week, I found my mind wandering, not only because of the plodding pacing and cumbersomely long running time. Women almost never direct big movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ shows why that matters. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z No one will mistake the results for what one hears at the Metropolitan Opera, but this isn’t plodding work either. At Castleton Festival, a fitting tribute to Lorin Maazel 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z A Texas Doctor With a Possible Cancer Cure Plain, plodding and relentlessly expositive, “Burzynski” tries to wrestle medical clarity from a snarl of science and human suffering. | 'Burzynski': Prakash Jha?s ?Godfather,? Bhopal Version 2010-06-03T20:47:00Z Exhibiting the emotional range of house plants, the cast members plod through dialogue so lifeless that you feel sorry for their tongues. | 'The Abduction of Zack Butterfield': A Tale of Female Lunacy 2011-05-26T23:57:33Z But the cast’s take on Giono’s lyrical style was often plodding, and gave the sense that the production had yet to find its inner rhythm. A Quirky Parisian Festival Refinds Its Footing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z All this editing busywork doesn’t help enliven “The Edge of War,” a plodding bureaucratic procedural that features many, many characters strategizing in various spaces with furrowed brows and clenched jaws, mostly in relentless medium close-up. ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ Review: ‘Well Navigated, Sir’ (Not!) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Speaking of bad-wardrobe eras and plodding procedurals, I think Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” an earnest and well-crafted drama about multiple overlapping and important topics, was viewed as a shoo-in for too long and ultimately got stale. Oscar 2016 is almost here: Here’s who will win — and who should 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Tyrell still has a way to go to liberate himself fully from slavery to the downbeat, which can make his interpretations sound mechanical and plodding. Review: Steve Tyrell Keeps a Comfortable Pop-Swing Style in Honoring Sinatra 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z His subsequent doldrums include encounters with the Greys, conformist drudges who dress in black and white and often plod around with their eyes glued to their phones. Review | In ‘Volta,’ Cirque du Soleil riffs on street sports 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Not all of these tracks are quite so razor-sharp, though; “Born For Love” is a jumbled, splotchy mess that sounds like it was recorded underwater and “Only Boy in Town” is plodding and forgettable. Can The Magnetic Fields' New Album Recapture that 69 Love Songs Magic? 2012-02-29T16:08:20Z Eleven more ropes followed, and after an hour, we reached the Roof, the homestretch, and we were plodding toward the summit. Climbing the Matterhorn: Step by Step 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z But otherwise it's a slightly plodding account of Chinese myth and legend. Film review: True Legend 2010-09-23T21:26:00Z And despite the grief at its heart, “The Staircase” never lapses into grimness or plodding pessimism. ‘The Staircase’ on Netflix Revisits a Genre-Defining Trial 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z After a grueling, miles-long plod, you arrive at the top, just in time for sunrise. After a Few Dates, They Traveled to the Other Side of the World 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Large sections of the film feel padded, despite the smarter-than-average dialogue, and it is likely that repeat viewings will be more rewarded during the gonzo second and third acts than the plodding opener. "Us" is a good "Twilight Zone" adaptation, but it's not as good as Jordan Peele's "Get Out." 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The show, which has 20 musical numbers in a variety of popular styles and now spoken dialogue, could feel plodding. John Adams' 'Ceiling/Sky' remains earthbound 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the couple’s three children, who range in type and age from gawky teen to mildly depressive yuppie fledgling, bolster the main themes by jaunting and plodding throughout their own romantic lives. “Wanderlust,” Reviewed: Toni Collette in a Self-Help Soap Opera 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z They start falling like flies, as Lewis – plod personified – toddles along haplessly in the murderer's wake, occasionally stopping off at the pub to stare miserably into a pint of warm bitter. The weekend's TV: Spiral 2011-04-04T07:00:05Z We’d lain in our tent, shivering and scared, and wondered if we’d meet our end by this most slow and plodding of means. What the Caribou Taught Me About Being Together, and Apart 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z But mostly “Next Goal Wins” just plods along, agreeable and familiar and instantly forgettable. ‘Next Goal Wins’ review: Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy misses the net 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The plan to resuscitate Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Jordan, who lost his bid for the gavel last week, came as the House plodded through a third chaotic week without a speaker. Trump’s scorn helps thwart latest GOP nominee in speaker’s race; McCarthy back in the mix 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z What if Reykdal saw his role as Chief Inspirer, rather than being the guy who high-fives kids plodding along in the slow lane and assures everyone that all is well? Cheerleading mediocrity is not good enough for WA's education department | Editorial 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z This has left Mr Yousaf open to criticism that he is the continuity candidate after all, and is just plodding along with the agenda Nicola Sturgeon had drawn up. What is Humza Yousaf's big plan for Scotland? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z “I’m just plodding along,” Miller says over Zoom from her office in New York. Rebecca Miller grew up with drama. Then she married it. Now she just wants to be funny 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Tammy Beaumont, dropped on five by Phoebe Litchfield, had plodded to 29 from 27 balls, but she too was swept into Harris' slipstream. Superchargers into women's final after abandonment 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The “reality” portion showed a packed trail of people plodding forward in single file. A secluded Northern California waterfall is the latest victim of viral fame and crushing crowds 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Closed-door negotiations between the GOP-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate have plodded since then, frustrating school districts, local governments, and special interest groups and their lobbyists. Virginia lawmakers say they have deal on ‘major components’ of budget, including rebates, tax cuts 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Lasso has been criticized for a plodding and inefficient response to the security crisis, and expectations are high for the country’s next leader to find ways to stem the avalanche of violence. How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Big Ten offenses, to be sure, have evolved from plodding to more wide open, and that should alleviate concerns about there not being enough heft up front. New Nebraska coach Matt Rhule wants to win now, but he promises to take no shortcuts 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The plodding pace of Young Thug's trial has set it on course to beat the record set by the Atlanta educators' trial as the longest in state history. Georgia prosecutors could charge Trump with racketeering, experts say 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Near the center, combines plod through chest-high weeds and underwhelming patches of beige wheat, just enough of it to make a harvest worthwhile. First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The slow plod could have been a response to the quality of the bowling, the difficulty of the conditions, a desire to be the antithesis of England's swashbuckling style, or a combination of all three. England and Australia locked in tight battle 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z And I’d imagine there’s room enough for two genre shows, as “Andor” earned plenty of critical acclaim, even if its plodding opening episodes tested its audience’s patience. Emmys 2023: Nomination predictions for series and acting races 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Once Americans had supplanted plodding wagon trains with swift rail travel, the drama and the grandeur of the California coast were irresistible for railroads and passengers. Patt Morrison: Is California about to lose its most beautiful train ride? 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Even as the tech revolution and climate change added strain in recent decades, Germany’s model plodded profitably along. As Germany’s Business Model Wobbles, Firms Reassess Reliance on China 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The process had been smooth, safe, and so plodding, she said, that many residents of the region had forgotten it was going on. U.S. Is Destroying the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Their counteroffensive is making progress, and that progress is slow and plodding. "Putin is stronger today": Russia expert explains how rebellion effort may backfire 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z My days in the office are not nearly as frenetic, but I’ve similarly been amazed at how full a day of in-person work seems compared to the plodding predictability of remote work. ‘The Bear’ and a Chaotic Vision of Work 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z His diminished country is still geographically the largest in the world, but, if not for nuclear weapons and oil, Russia would be plodding along in the middle of the international pack with Nigeria and Argentina. A pause in Putin’s plans | Horsey cartoon 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z And if voters made it through the plodding pace of the first few episodes, they’ll probably give it a ton of crafts nominations, plus maybe a couple of acting nods. Emmys 2023: Drama power rankings 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z As Ukrainian cities weathered these attacks, Kyiv’s counteroffensive plodded on with no major breakthroughs. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Peer mentoring is an invaluable element of drug counseling, since people who have plodded the difficult path from dependence to sobriety understand the mindset of patients on a visceral level. Recovery from addiction is a journey. There’s no one-and-done solution 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z So began his plodding journey into the depths of substance use disorder, a downward spiral that would gradually weaken his body and consume his mind. Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Others, however, argued that the county’s plodding response to a hazardous materials release exposed glaring flaws in government procedures and warrants reforms. Bay Area refinery fallout does not pose significant health risk, authorities say 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z She was also last by a wide margin in the 5,000 meters and plodding alone, through a raucous rainstorm, around the track of a near-empty stadium. This Runner Finished Last, but Her Perseverance Won Over a Nation 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In the slow, plodding walk that is her mother’s final years, she has few health care partners. A lifetime of racism makes Alzheimer’s more prevalent in Black Americans 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It is an exhaustive catalog of female journalists — some famous, many lesser known — and the recap of their accomplishments can be plodding at times. From 'women's pages' to front lines: Tracking women journalists' (unfinished) progress 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z They gave the bank’s leaders long timelines to fix things, delivered overall safety and soundness ratings at a plodding pace and seemed unwilling to draw big conclusions about the many accumulating problems. wKey Takeaways From Regulatory Review of Bank Failures 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z On the ground, the Taliban government has failed to streamline Afghanistan’s bloated and plodding bureaucracy, and international aid is a fraction of what it was two years ago. A Rare Glimpse into Afghanistan’s Spectacular, Vanishing Forests 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “We expect the eurozone to plod along in the coming quarters in the absence of a strong growth driver, rather than jump-starting a strong expansion,” Nobile said. Europe’s economy ekes out slight growth at start of 2023 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Some of them used to travel to work riding on donkeys that plodded along the verges of the road. Jeremy Bowen: Israel's unclear road ahead 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The fierce storms started last Friday and continued into the weekend spawned deadly tornadoes in 11 states as the system plodded through Arkansas and onto the South, Midwest and Northeast. Tornado strikes Missouri amid severe weather threat in U.S. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Our legs spent but our spirits strengthened, three friends and I wordlessly plodded the final steps of the undulating journey we began 10 hours earlier. Walking all 25 miles of Sunset Boulevard in a day reminded us why we love L.A. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The fierce storms that started Friday and continued into the weekend spawned deadly tornadoes in 11 states as the system plodded through Arkansas and onto the South, Midwest and Northeast. Risk of severe storms persists from Texas to Great Lakes 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The fierce storms that spawned tornadoes in 11 states killed at least 32 people as the system that began Friday plodded through Arkansas and traveled northeast through the South and into the Midwest and Northeast. More severe weather forecast for parts of US still reeling 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Baseball has essentially opened its doors to casual fans who have long ignored the sport because it was too plodding and slow. Plaschke: Falling in love with the pitch clock is easy. Embrace baseball's new reality 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Belen Sosa of Caracas, Venezuela, plodded with her husband and a teenage daughter across a dusty clearing in Ciudad Juarez overlooking the Rio Grande and the U.S. border fence. Fatal fire complicates border city’s tensions with migrants 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z But a plodding pace and the repetition of ideas stall the story’s momentum. Review: Kiernan Shipka, Reggie Jackson and Stanley Kubrick highlight VOD, streaming options 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Key donors, including the European Union, sent money and dozens of prosecutors to speed up what is often seen as a plodding bureaucracy. Russia Signals It Will Take More Ukrainian Children, a Crime in Progress 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z At the end of the interview, the Russian sympathizer, who was in his 70s, cheerful and full of life, plodded into his garden and started sawing down a bunch of grapes. In Stoic Ukraine, Stony Faces Are Starting to Crack and to Cry 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Through the funeral stretch of the second act, timpanis shudder, mourning horns low and the opera’s heart rate slows to a woe-stricken plod. Review | In WNO’s belated ‘Blue,’ a powerhouse family portrait of joy and pain 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The Oscar acceptance speech: Perhaps nowhere else in pop culture does the individual dream of Hollywood stardom collide so unforgivingly with the indifferent plod of show business. Perspective | The fine art of playing people off at award shows 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z His plodding yet angry speech went on for 90 minutes and he did not seem happy, most likely because the not-very-big room was only three-quarters full. CPAC brings simmering GOP tensions to the surface 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Kitayama plodded along even as the wind began to pick up. Kurt Kitayama handles a windy Bay Hill as Jon Rahm falters 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But Gane is not like a lot of the other heavyweights, he does not just plod forward and try to take someone's head off. 'Jones is one punch away from heavyweight disaster' 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In another conversation in January 2021, Mr Hancock exclaimed, "The plod got their marching orders." Matt Hancock: More leaked texts put spotlight on police and quarantine 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z It was like that Richard Gere character in the musical, “Chicago” — giving them the old razzle-dazzle, even if his dance steps are more plodding. Let’s all do the DeSantis shimmy! 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z In sound and vision, “Tipping Point” felt like an environmentally concerned cousin of Tania Leon’s Pulitzer-winning composition “Stride” — both are drawn forward in a mechanistic plod and ornately decorated with overlapping fanfares. Review | A weekend of masterful Mahler with the NSO and the BSO 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z |
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