In Washington, the struggle to provide famine relief to Afghans provoked a battle of words.
Mr. Medvedev, speaking to Russian and European journalists at his Gorky residence outside of Moscow, seemed to struggle for words in describing his reaction to the proposed tax on deposits.
It's extraordinary today to think of Zadie Smith as a nervous 25-year-old waiting to step into the limelight of her very first literary award in 2000, or of Chris Ware struggling for words in 2001 as he became the first graphic novelist to win a generalist literary award, not just in the UK but anywhere.
She was so suspiciously eloquent this season that on Wednesday she was honored with a quick-edit montage of her pronouncing, with a bit of struggle, words like "instinctual" and "authenticity".
I'm struggling for words in terms of what I can say.
As rabbis readied for an expected crush of worshipers and took steps to provide them protection and peace of mind, they also struggled for words to console and explain.
But, whether humbly or prudently, Mr. Fry — who never claims to be more than a lover of words struggling (and often failing) to do his love justice — has no intention of letting the world judge how his own efforts stack up against his standards.
Similarly, as modern readers in the West struggle with a "communication avalanche" of words, they seek in literature those forms, ideas, values, vicarious experiences, and styles that transcend the verbiage to be had on every hand.
Therefore, I'm in a constant, and fruitless struggle to assemble a string of words that define the unknowable, the unbridgeable.
