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Struggle   /strˈəgəl/   Listen
noun
Struggle  n.  
1.
A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
2.
Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
3.
Contest; contention; strife. "An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference."
Synonyms: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.


verb
Struggle  v. i.  (past & past part. struggled; pres. part. struggling)  
1.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2.
To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it (Gettysburg) far above our power to add or detract."
3.
To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. "'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare."
Synonyms: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.





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"Struggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Iron," with foes that environ Your sceptre, smart Press-man, or Socialist spouter, May struggle together; you hold them in tether, Or so you proclaim, you, whom foes call "the Shouter." The pose is imposing, if ere the scene's closing, The "Little Germania Magnate" gets beaten; Well, put at the worst, Sir, you are not ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, November 28, 1891 • Various
... the gods. Auersperg was one of the last representatives of the old order that troubled Europe so much in its going, for to John, a keen and intense lover of freedom and of the career open to all the talents, the present war was in its main feature a death struggle between autocracy and democracy. ...
— The Hosts of the Air • Joseph A. Altsheler
... during which the burly Servian struck his matches and took account of his prisoner; and meanwhile Armitage lay perfectly still, his arms fast numbing from the rough clasp of the stalwart servant's legs. There was nothing to be gained by a struggle in this position, and he knew that the Servian would not risk losing him in the effort to summon the odd pair who were bent over their papers at the top of the house. The Servian was evidently a man ...
— The Port of Missing Men • Meredith Nicholson
... kinds made walking somewhat dangerous. Florent stumbled at almost every step. He lost sight of Lacaille in the Rue Vauvilliers, and on approaching the corn market he again found the streets barricaded with vehicles. Then he made no further attempt to struggle; he was once more in the clutch of the markets, and their stream of life bore him back. Slowly retracing his steps, he presently found ...
— The Fat and the Thin • Emile Zola
... the struggle, but it ended as a fight so unequal was bound to end. John of Park was slain, refusing with his dying breath to surrender, and Konrad was carried, a half-senseless captive to Bothwell's castle of Hermitage. Even then the earl spared his life. He lay in a hideous ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton


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