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Struggled


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Struggle

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
  • (2) This is a struggle for the survival of our nation.” As ever, after Trump’s media dressing-down, his operation was quick to fit a velvet glove to an iron fist.
  • (3) Slager, 33, was a patrolman first class for the North Charleston police department when he fatally shot Scott, 50, following a struggle that led from a traffic stop when the officer noticed that one of Scott’s car tail lights was broken.
  • (4) For a union that, in less than 25 years, has had to cope with the end of the cold war, the expansion from 12 to 28 members, the struggle to create a single currency and, most recently, the eurozone crisis, such a claim risks accusations of hyperbole.
  • (5) He said: “Almost daily we hear from parents desperate to escape the single cramped room of a B&B or hostel that they find themselves struggling to raise their children in.
  • (6) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
  • (7) Its struggling mobile phone business resulted in a net loss of 136 billion yen for the three months to September, although that figure was smaller than analysts had predicted.
  • (8) They took 15% in 2010, with the other parties caught in a scrappy three-way struggle in which the winning Lib Dems came in below 30%.
  • (9) Likewise, Blanchett's co-star Alec Baldwin appeared to call for an end to the public nature of the row, terming Dylan's allegations "this family's personal struggle".
  • (10) RIM has always struggled to explain to the authorities that, unlike most other companies, it technically cannot access or read the majority of the messages sent by users over its network.
  • (11) But she has struggled – quite awkwardly – to articulate her evolution on same-sex marriage, and has left environmental activists wondering what her exact energy policy is.
  • (12) They anticipated the following scenario: a struggling club fires its manager and enjoys an immediate upsurge.
  • (13) While Greece struggled to find a new leader, the spotlight turn dramatically to Italy.
  • (14) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
  • (15) They had been pinning their hopes on Alan Johnson who has, in their eyes, the natural authority and ease of manner which Miliband has struggled to develop.
  • (16) The real change is coming from the community-led frontline struggles.
  • (17) As ABC reports, Adam Bandt, the only Greens MP in the lower house, won his Melbourne seat with the help of Liberal preferences at the last election, and may struggle to hold it on 7 September.
  • (18) I have always struggled with the quality of my own work but despite my misgivings about the photos I am taking I can't honestly say they would have been any better two years ago.
  • (19) Braff will direct and play the lead role of a father, actor and husband struggling to find his identity.
  • (20) Young people from ordinary working families that are struggling to get by.” Labour said Greening’s department had deliberately excluded the poorest families from her calculations to make access to grammar schools seem fairer and accused her of “fiddling the figures”.

Struggler


Definition:

  • (n.) One who struggles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Harry Redknapp said it was an important time to start picking up points, with their fellow strugglers Burnley, West Brom and Crystal Palace all visiting Loftus Road before the new year.
  • (2) The German has left the Premier League strugglers by mutual consent less than a year after joining.
  • (3) That's bad news for the Club Med countries but the travel group Tui says it had a much better summer this year than last so perhaps the eurozone strugglers of Spain Greece and Portugal will find they took more tourist euros this year.
  • (4) Maybe some of the group's circulation strugglers should start "dancing with the fishes" ( copyright Stephen Quinn ) as well.
  • (5) The only team who stayed in touch with me was Ajaccio.” So Ochoa signed for the Ligue 1 strugglers.
  • (6) Kelechi is the reason we did not feel the need to replace Edin Dzeko or Stevan Jovetic.” West Ham stand firm at Liverpool to earn FA Cup fourth round replay Read more Rémi Garde had pointed out in the match programme that City were his first opponents as Villa manager, and on that day, in November, the relegation strugglers had been greatly encouraged by a fighting 0-0 draw in a game they were expected to lose.
  • (7) Sunderland sign Lamine Koné from Lorient for an undisclosed fee Read more The Premier League strugglers Sunderland have completed the signing of the Tunisia international Wahbi Khazri from Bordeaux for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £9m.
  • (8) Ray Wilkins has become the latest high-profile member of Rene Meulensteen's backroom staff at Fulham after being named as the new assistant head coach of the Premier League strugglers.
  • (9) His side have shocked everyone this season, transforming themselves under the Italian from relegation strugglers 12 months ago to title contenders.
  • (10) West Brom are expected to return with a second offer for the winger, who has scored five goals in 22 games for the Championship strugglers.
  • (11) Through its involvement in the "troika" with the European Commission and International Monetary Fund, the ECB is dictating fiscal and economic policy to eurozone strugglers.
  • (12) Real Madrid continued their serene progress under their new coach Zinedine Zidane when Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema each helped themselves to two goals in a 5-1 drubbing of the La Liga strugglers Sporting Gijón on Sunday.
  • (13) How eurozone strugglers must wish they had such luck.
  • (14) When Rooney and Van Persie are not playing United have the feel of what they currently are: a side of mid-table strugglers.
  • (15) A mong the scores of commitments to reform which came tumbling out of NHS England’s Five Year Forward View last week, a picture emerges of how the national bodies are going to leverage reforms among both the high-performers and the strugglers.
  • (16) So the unexpected windfall in overall national wealth must stick in the craw of the eurozone strugglers.
  • (17) They were inferior to their rivals by a glaring 16 goals, with Louis van Gaal’s strugglers beating opposition goalkeepers 49 times, the club’s poorest return since the 46 of 1989-90.
  • (18) Lee Clark has been named as Blackpool’s new manager, just 10 days after being sacked by fellow Championship strugglers Birmingham.
  • (19) The rest of the time he ran a pub with his wife Anne – their first pub, in Hollinwood, near Oldham, was called Help the Poor Struggler.
  • (20) It’s the romantic notion of the 19th century, that the artist is the struggler, aberrant from society, and wrestling with inner demons,” he said.

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