grappling

noun

grap·​pling ˈgra-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce grappling (audio)

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While the filmmakers give Fuentes ample space to articulate her grief, rage, and attempts to find perspective, their grappling with bigger-picture issues like the judicial process for a case like this prove to be more elusive. Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 Dark comedy Fabula, by Dutch director Michiel ten Horn, about a provincial criminal grappling with personal and professional failures, will open the festival, the first Dutch movie to do so since 2018. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025 Nothing with Bucky other than that cameo, no significant grappling with taking over the mantle that came off better with the Walker plotline. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 On a recent evening in the East Village, the dancers Kris Lee and AJ Wilmore careened across a studio, grappling and colliding with each other. Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grappling

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of grappling was in 1582

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“Grappling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappling. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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