wrestle with
wrestle with · wrestles with · wrestled with · wrestling with
To agonize over; to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a…To agonize over (something); to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a difficult issue.
» Sami began to wrestle with depression.
Meaning
1 sensesTo agonize over (something); to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a difficult issue.
I've been wrestling with your problem all night.
Examples
8 sentencesSami began to wrestle with depression.
Ziri wrestled with the steering wheel.
Sami really wrestled with that feeling of insecurity.
Tom always lost his wrestle-off with Mary.
I used to wrestle, and girls wrestled with boys of similar weight.
deIch war einmal ein Wrestler und die Mädchen haben mit gleichgewichteten Jungen gerungen. — scaui0
Forms
wrestles with, wrestling with, wrestled with, wrestled with| Base form | wrestle with · to wrestle with |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | wrestles with |
| Present participle | wrestling with |
| Past simple | wrestled with |
| Past participle | wrestled with |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb