Sentence examples for was grappled from inspiring English sources
noun
A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
The Croat had already threatened twice before he outmuscled a hesitant Kompany and was grappled to the floor - though the Belgian was furious with referee Lee Mason's red card, claiming he had initially been fouled by Jelavic.
RUSSELL ROBERTSON was grappling with an unusual assignment.
But I believed my father was grappling with something else.
Around the time Gaudi was grappling with the architectural challenge of his soaring nave in Barcelona, the Church was grappling with the works of Charles Darwin.
Even as his family was grappling with credit debt, the former governor wanted to look good.
Still, the report showed that Google was grappling with the mobile revenue riddle.
I was grappling with survival.
It seemed like he was grappling with something.
One ICU team was grappling with uncertainty surrounding the declining cognitive functioning of a patient.
These transgressions need to be grappled with.
He's grappled with Beethoven and Jane Fonda, both in the same play ("33 Variations").
