Sentence examples for struggle violently from inspiring English sources

The divinities (and the associated parts of the world) come to be and struggle violently among themselves; finally Zeus triumphs and establishes and maintains an order of power among the others who remain.

Mr. Chambers struggled violently with one officer and broke the officer's wrist, the authorities said.

He strained and struggled violently, his body twisting and his head reaching up from the gurney.

The monkey tried to bite the technicians, and it struggled violently in an attempt to get away.

Police said Burns struggled violently for several minutes and that they responded with a sanctioned form of neck hold.

Ms. Berenson remains a polarizing figure in Peru, which struggled violently with rebel groups for 20 years, in a conflict that took 70,000 lives.

Indian media have reported that forensic evidence indicates the victim of the attack, who died on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, struggled violently, repeatedly biting her assailants.

For three minutes after the first drugs were delivered Lockett struggled violently, groaned and writhed, lifting his shoulders and head from the gurney.

The insensible bit it left behind struggled violently, and twenty-three minutes later still moved slightly and rhythmically; the happy owner had retired and in course of time would grow another end to replace the lost bit, an end it could again part with if danger threatened.

Witnesses described visible distress and abnormal bodily reactions from all three men: Wood "gasped and snorted more than 600 times", "gulped like a fish" and his stomach became strangely distended; McGuire "made snorting and choking sounds … heaved and clenched his fist"; and Lockett "struggled violently, writhing and groaning".

The police said he threw a missile before he ran and struggled violently on arrest - both claims he strenuously denies.