waded; wading
1
: to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
2
: to move or proceed with difficulty or labor
wade through the crowd
wade through all the evidence
3
: to set to work or attack with determination or vigor
—used with in or into
wade into a task
: to pass or cross by wading
: an act of wading
a wade in the brook
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Examples of wade in a Sentence
Verb
We waded into the ocean.
I jumped off the boat and waded back to shore.
Police waded into the crowd.
We waded through the crowded bus station.
It took several weeks to wade through all the evidence.
We waded our way through the crowd.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
This seems to be another instance of an aggressive ideological minority demanding that companies wade into the treacherous seas of political activism.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is staying away from making any public statements about the election after wading into the issue in September.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
That is something that the right has figured out and weaponized and the left is grappling with and wading into.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
This seems to be another instance of an aggressive ideological minority demanding that companies wade into the treacherous seas of political activism.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is staying away from making any public statements about the election after wading into the issue in September.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
That is something that the right has figured out and weaponized and the left is grappling with and wading into.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Wade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wade. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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