struggle
make a strenuous or labored effort
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,522 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,023 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make a strenuous or labored effort also: fight She struggled for years to survive without welfareHe fought for breath
- to exert strenuous effort against opposition he struggled to get free from the rope
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling also: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight also: contend, fight the tribesmen fought each otherSiblings are always fighting
noun
- an energetic attempt to achieve something also: battle getting through the crowd was a real strugglehe fought a battle for recognition
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) also: conflict, battle the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumphpolice tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
- strenuous effort the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her
struggle in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Rather than enter upon a degrading struggle, I yielded, and went out.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Indeed, he was so weak from his long struggle that he was glad to.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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The Battle of our Life is brief The alarm,--the struggle,--the relief, Then sleep we side by side.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Unlike many men who have risen from humble surroundings, Lincoln never boasted of his wonderful struggle with poverty.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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Now it is all very well to abuse the God of Love, but a man cannot struggle against his fate.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1