grappling

UK /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/ US /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/

noun 3

Definitions

noun

An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.

[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.

A grappling hook or grappling iron.

A small anchor; a grapnel.

ADJ.

best, central, economic, partial, religious, same, semiconductor, still

VERB + GRAPPLING

focuses, keep, party, seem, threw, use

GRAPPLING + NOUN

beliefs, country's, flaws, shortages

PREP.

in, on, onto, with

ADV.

honestly

noun — the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestan

noun — the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.

Wiktionary

Party leaders are grappling with flaws in the party system.

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Cities and provinces along the Yangtze River in central China are grappling with the country's worst drought in more than 50 years.

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We seem to keep grappling with the same old problem.

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He is still grappling with religious beliefs.

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I'm partial to grappling, honestly.

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