The drudges in the factory worked in silence, their hands raw from endless repetition.

After years as a drudge in the factory, she saved enough to enroll in night school.

She learned to drudge in the bakery, waking before dawn to knead dough every day.

She drudged through the paperwork until midnight, hoping the effort would pay off.

She spent the entire weekend drudging through the paperwork for the grant, barely taking a break.