Grappled

Word GRAPPLED
Character 8
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Definitions and meanings of "Grappled"

What do we mean by grappled?

To seize something and hold it firmly.

To wrestle or tussle.

(with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem.

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The word "grappled" in example sentences

Michael Lipham, in Ann Arbor, Mich., says he, too, "grappled" with whether to restrict the funds he was giving to a family member "to something about which I would feel good." ❋ Unknown (2008)

We went to the same schools, in more and more intimate companionship, from the time we were twelve until we were twenty years of age; and our lives and hearts were "grappled" to each other with "links of steel" ever after. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Her pieces varied in mood from lacerating and shocking to playful, comical and celebratory, but for most of her career she grappled with that brutally simple, tortuously difficult question: in the face of so much cruelty and suffering in the world, what are an artist's ethical and political responsibilities? ❋ Unknown (2011)

Events in Afghanistan serve as a spur for biographical flashbacks showing how Gen. Petraeus grappled with similar challenges in past commands. ❋ Max Boot (2012)

Markets Markets around the world grappled with the implications of a possible U.S. debt default. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everyone in the class has grappled with a severe mental illness such as major depression with psychotic features, schizo-affective disorder or schizophrenia. ❋ Robert David Jaffee (2010)

"God does not play dice," Albert Einstein famously said as he grappled with the uncertainty of quantum mechanics. ❋ Paul R. Epstein (2011)

All of it grappled with, workshopped out — diegetically, you might say. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, the company's Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. subsidiary—India's biggest car maker by volume—since June has grappled with labor problems at its Manesar factory that have disrupted production. ❋ Yoshio Takahashi (2012)

While the slow profit growth and ratings are expected for a start-up, the numbers have disappointed the bullish expectations the television industry had for a channel run by one of television's biggest personalities-something Mr. Liguori grappled with during his time at Discovery, much of which was spent helping OWN survive its troubled infancy. ❋ Lauren A. E. Schuker (2011)

On a global basis, IPO issuance was similarly slow around the world in October as markets grappled with the European debt crisis. ❋ Lynn Cowan (2011)

European stocks ended a choppy session in the black Tuesday, as investors grappled with a mixed bag of economic data. ❋ Michele Maatouk (2011)

"Listening to him describe how he grappled with a sense of anger and frustration coupled with his personal mandate to lead our country through this devastating attack was incredibly powerful." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Jibril and NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil face accusations of cronyism and widespread dissatisfaction with their tenure, and they have so far not grappled very well with the intensifying regional and tribal grievances. ❋ Margaret Coker (2011)

Still, with "Game Over" out of print and out of date, who will tell the saga of how Nintendo trounced upstart Sega, grappled with Microsoft's Xbox, triumphed with the Wii and now contends with casual gaming on phones? ❋ James Kennedy (2011)

The LIRR has long grappled with a patchwork of federal regulations, contract provisions and union work rules that contribute to costs per employee that are higher than other units of New York's mass-transit operator, the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ❋ Chad Bray (2011)

Such investments have made some investors and analysts nervous in recent years, first amid the 2008 financial crisis and later when the European Union grappled with the mounting debts of Greece and other member nations last year. ❋ Erik Holm (2011)

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