Synonyms for wrestle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : res-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛs əl

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Définition of wrestle

Origin : Old English *wræstlian, frequentative of wræstan "to wrest" (see wrest). Cf. North Frisian wrassele, Middle Low German worstelen. Figurative sense is recorded from early 13c. Related: Wrestled; wrestling.

verb struggle physically or mentally with something

Example sentences :

Two stand up to wrestle, and are on the point of coming to blows.
Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

If it hadn't a bin in Henry's house I'd took a wrestle out of him.
Extract from : « Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre Stories » by Cal Stewart

He was up on his hind legs, and it was a wrestle between master and dog.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

They were taught to box, to wrestle, to throw the discus, and to hurl the spear.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Did I like to go there, or did I strive and wrestle with the power that forced me?'
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

He would then drag Therese along with him, provoking her to wrestle, to roll in the grass.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

He had to wrestle with himself not to take her in his arms and comfort her.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Yet law was the giant he had undertaken to wrestle with, and he kept his grip.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Wrestle as he would he 387 could not finish it––the rhymes were against him––it would not come right.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

He looked hard at me; I hard at him; it was as if we were going to wrestle for a belt.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

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