What is another word for wrestled with?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛsə͡ld wɪð] (IPA)

"Wrestled with" is a common phrase that typically implies a struggle or grappling with a challenging situation or idea. However, there are several synonyms for this phrase that can be used to convey the same meaning in a variety of contexts. Some of these synonyms include "grappled with," "struggled with," "contended with," "wrestled over," "wrangled with," "battled with," "fought with," and "grinded through." Each of these phrases conveys a sense of difficulty or resistance, suggesting that the subject of the sentence is facing an obstacle or dilemma that requires perseverance and determination to overcome. Whether used in writing or speech, these synonyms can add variety and nuance to one's language, while still conveying the same basic idea as "wrestled with".

What are the hypernyms for Wrestled with?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Wrestled with

  • I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.
    James Stewart
  • What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself.
    Jim Wallis
  • On the one hand I did think the war was less than righteous. On the other hand I love my country. And I valued my life in a small town and my friends and family. So I wrestled with what was, for me, at least, more torturous and devastating and emotionally painful than anything that happened in Vietnam. Do you go off and kill people if you're not pretty sure it's right? And if your nation isn't pretty sure it's right? If there isn't some consensus, do you do that? In the end, I just capitulated, and one day I got on a bus with some other recent graduates, and we went over to Sioux Falls about sixty miles away, and raised our hands and went into the Army. But it wasn't a decision; it was a forfeiture of a decision. It was letting my body go, turning a switch in my conscience, just turning it off, so it wouldn't be barking at me saying, "You're doing a bad and evil and stupid and unpatriotic thing."
    Tim O'Brien (author)

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