(v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The family is still grabbling [sic] with the most shabby treatment throughout the years, especially in Mangaung in January this year," the email states.
Grapple
Definition:
(v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
(v. t.) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
(v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
(v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
(v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
(v. t.) A grappling iron.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would seem that Cameron's repeated high-profile speeches on immigration may have more to do with meeting the political challenge of Ukip than grappling with any alleged problem of benefit or health "tourism".
(2) UK consumers spend £90bn a month on goods and services, but figures from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills show that last year they grappled with more than 18m problems and were left £4.15bn out of pocket.
(3) Grappling with churches is about the most distasteful contest they can imagine.
(4) Primark’s heady pace of expansion has bolstered ABF, which is grappling with lower sugar prices that have reduced profits in its core business.
(5) He would have liked to spend the summer bolstering his case for a critical autumn referendum on constitutional reforms he supports, but instead he has been forced to grapple with the banking issues.
(6) The eurogroup source said that Samaras was expected to show up in Luxembourg on Thursday for the meeting of eurozone finance ministers which will grapple with Spain and how to respond to the Greek election results.
(7) But as Republicans grapple with how to respond to groups like Black Lives Matter, they risk inflicting the kind of harm that in 2012 earned GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney just 6% of the African American vote.
(8) Hookem said: “It was two people grappling, that had hold of each other, and were basically still stood up but wrestling.
(9) In recent months, Tunisia was already grappling with a growing jihadi problem.
(10) Needless to say, BoKlok's brains have grappled with the conundrum.
(11) Investigators grappling to solve the mystery of the jet's disappearance are set to scour a zone 1,100 miles (1,800km) west of Perth – previously subject to an aerial search – when an underwater probe resumes in August, the West Australian newspaper said.
(12) It is the latest in a string of measures introduced by the Chinese authorities as they continue to grapple with wild fluctuations in the share market, which have fallen by 40% since June.
(13) As the protests were staged the centre-left cabinet in Portugal called an emergency session to try to prune more from public spending, as it grappled with a debt and deficit crisis that has thrown the spotlight back on to the country.
(14) She won't be intimidated by it but it won't be the Patten-esque highlight of her career grappling with [Tory MP and BBC critic] Philip Davies ," said one friend.
(15) The central question always legitimately asked of a country grappling to forge its post-apartheid future and deal with entrenched poverty, particularly in the black townships, is whether South Africa should really be spending £800m in public money hosting a football tournament.
(16) Abbott, in so many ways, seemed forged of earlier times, a man from the past delivered here and destined to grapple with very modern challenges.
(17) Tom Cummings spent three years grappling with his addiction.
(18) There is a qualitative difference in whose leadership is being visibilized, and black women are forcing ourselves into the forefront.” As we all grapple with racist state violence in the context of a deeply patriarchal society, black women organizers continue to put their bodies on the line to bring forth justice where it has yet to take root.
(19) Professional nursing has been grappling with many different care delivery models in order to deal with a dramatic rise in patient acuity levels, increasing financial constraints, and a worrisome nursing shortage.
(20) Throughout the New Yorker extract, Talese grapples with the knowledge that Foos is a sometimes unreliable source.