struggle
struh guhl
- n an energetic attempt to achieve something
getting through the crowd was a real struggle - n an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- n strenuous effort
the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her - v make a strenuous or labored effort
She struggled for years to survive without welfare - v to exert strenuous effort against opposition
he struggled to get free from the rope - v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- v be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- Coretta summed up her and her husband's struggle: "By reaching into and beyond ourselves and tapping the transcendent ethic of love, she shall overcome these evils.
- We founded Unkhonto we Sizwe and added a military dimension to our struggle.
- They struggle with profound change, they fight to raise and educate their families, they mourn the past, and they hope for a brighter future.