Sentence examples for struggles last from inspiring English sources

Payton has learned enough from his years lost to injuries and from his struggles last season and this year to put too much weight on his recent amount of playing time.

Is this really a story?" Told it was in light of his struggles last season and last week's performance, Hamilton said, "Write what you see".

Still, it is hard to argue with success, and despite the team's struggles last season and inconsistent play in 2012, not to mention the presence of an army of Sanchez detractors, his supporters say he has shown he has what it takes to run an N.F.L. offense.

That is where they finished two seasons ago to the surprise of many, and their struggles last time around, when they ended the campaign in 16th, were in stark contrast.

At the other end of the table, a lack of lethal touch in front of goal eventually cost Norwich, who had tried to rectify similar struggles last season by spending big in the striker department over the summer, but did so to little avail.

The Irish sides' struggles last season did indeed suggest that the new format would work against them, but this weekend suggests they have learned to cope pretty quickly, perhaps boosted and improved by the higher standard of rugby in the Pro12.

For Yang, patience was an acquired strength, born of his struggles last year.

But we can blame a stingy Jets secondary for some of his struggles last week, despite what Randy McMichael thinks.

After his struggles last year, Buck has come to realize that he can influence the outcome of a game in various ways beyond producing with his bat.

Carrasco said Wednesday that his struggles last year were partly because he relied too much on his cut fastball and did not have a pitch to offset it.

"If we finish in seventh place without [qualifying for] Europe, I understand [the criticism]," he said, in a veiled reference to United's struggles last year under David Moyes.