Sentence examples for were wrestled from inspiring English sources
verb
To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
Once caught, the deer were wrestled to the ground and suffocated.
Along the way, numerous protesters seeking to reach the torch were wrestled to the ground by police officers.
But the divisions along July 26th Street were wrestled with in a vote whose symbolism may prove most lasting.
Over the next few chaotic minutes, people were wrestled to the ground, handcuffed and led away, while reporters and photographers were shoved out of the way, and other demonstrators jeered.
But then, under the force of Mr. Mora's relentless dismantling, the front end fell off, the engine was removed, the tires and aluminum rims were rolled away, the fender wells were wrestled out.
There was one terrifying episode when an inebriated player took command of the hotel shuttle bus, with me and my two mates in the back, and drove us straight across a roundabout until the keys were wrestled off him, and another more salutary one when I was hustled by a darts player on the pool table and Sid had to pay my debt.
It has to be wrestled with.
You'd be wrestled to the ground, and then rendered".
In the lower, loin-clothed natives are wrestled into captivity.
These are the issues currently being wrestled with in Europe.
