Examples of 'grappled' in a sentence

Meaning of "grappled"

To 'grapple' means to struggle or engage in a physical or mental confrontation with a challenging situation or concept
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  • simple past tense and past participle of grapple

How to use "grappled" in a sentence

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We grappled with intimacy like no one before.
This is an issue we have grappled with seriously.
She grappled with me like mick mcmanus.
These were two things we both grappled with.
You have grappled him down in hate.
These are complex issues that need to be grappled with.
He grappled with her suggestion for a moment.
Immigration agents grappled with the new rules.
We grappled with it and my wife ultimately took me to a psychologist.
In the grim embrace they grappled and rolled.
Marie grappled with the domestic priorities of a woman.
I think the jury grappled with it.
We have grappled with many other tough issues.
They swung at one another and then grappled.
I have long grappled with this issue.

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The problems could have been grappled with.
I have also grappled with this conundrum.
Grappled with this question.
Second team is grappled with the other cluster.
Grappled with the new challenges and reformed their systems.
Difficult questions are now being grappled with about professional services.
As we grappled with this we felt a distinct absence of guidance.
In a while he grappled her wrists.
He grappled with his brother.
People in every society have grappled with the subject.
Salvador grappled with the loneliness by reading and writing.
The chairmen have continuously grappled for more power.
The government grappled with encryption two decades ago.
Two of the victims were assaulted and grappled with the robber.
The two then grappled for around ten minutes.
He played a prominent role on the national political stage as we grappled with constitutional reform.
Chinese poets grappled with questions of pain and loss.
Eris had been without a formal name while astronomers grappled over its status.
He grappled for the word.
A brave adventurer is grappled by a skeleton.
He grappled with the problems.
Their mouths dropped as they grappled with the concept.
We have grappled with the anguish of division and mutual suspicion.
The common law of torts has grappled with the problem of causation.
I grappled with her.
The angel with whom he had grappled had at last blessed him.
You have grappled with the difficult task of setting priorities.
We all grappled.
That you grappled the most with maintaining your integrity.
Other areas of the world have already grappled with these challenges.
Companies have grappled with this dilemma in relation to freedom of association.
The system got back on its feet faster because we grappled with the problems.
We have grappled with this for years individually and collectively.
Even successful programmes have not adequately grappled with increasing income inequality or poverty.
Time has grappled with financial uncertainty for over a decade.

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