It comes to numb brains and the long trudge.

It was a long trudge, with frequent stops, before they reached the coupe.

It would also save her a long and weary trudge along that endless winding lane.

Hunger, cold and the long trudge through the snow had brought him almost to the end of his strength.

He saw no one as he left the cottage and began the long trudge up the cliff.

Abandoning their bicycles they began the long trudge to Emily's mysterious destination.

It had been a long trudge through the Underways to reach this secret burrow.

Vanyel made the long trudge in a half-daze, thinking only how good the hot water would feel.

When she picked up Lucille for the long trudge to the head of the valley he stopped her.

By the end of the long trudge, the Oscars can seem diminished, even redundant.