How to Use struggle in a Sentence

struggle

1 of 2 verb

• She struggled up the hill through the snow.
• They struggled for the right to vote.
• He's been struggling in math class for most of the year.
• He struggled to get free of the wreckage.
• He was living as a struggling artist in the city.
• She struggled to lift the package by herself, but it was too heavy.
• He has been struggling with the problem of how to keep good workers from leaving.
• The team has continued to struggle in recent weeks.
• The Colts struggle big time this year and the Bengals roll.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yet at the same time, many folks are struggling to save.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• Once the success in 7-on-7 was over, the offense struggled.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Her youngest, now 5, struggled with RSV at 9 months old.
  — Natalie Brand, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023
• The plastic was wrapped around one front and one hind flipper, and left her struggling.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• While the arrival of her son marked a high point in her life, Afeni struggled during these years.
  — Keisha N. Blain, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Suns go from that to once again struggling to keep the ball in front in allowing Memphis to go for 48 paint points.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• The Hurricanes struggled with the Seminoles in the first half, falling behind by 10 points as the first half came to an end.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• Fans and journalists struggled with this question at the time.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Groovin the Moo is by no means the only festival struggling to shift enough tickets to stay afloat.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
• For a team that struggled with depth, this needs to be Lynch’s best class since arriving in Santa Clara.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• The Vaughn brothers grew up seeing their mother both thrive and struggle.
  — Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
• In Sunday’s episode, the pair struggled with trust issues and lack of transparency.
  — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Kirk Gibson, outfielder for the Dodgers, was struggling with injuries to both of his legs.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
• After about 10 seconds of struggling, the frightened cub was free.
  — Jillian Sykes, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
• Lizzy, a Portland sculptor, struggles to mount her next show.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Both teams struggled from 3-point range, combining to hit just 8 of 41 attempts.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• Police have not released a motive in the shooting, and those who know Jones have struggled to make sense of what happened.
  — Justin Jouvenal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Five players left the program and the Spartans have struggled to one of their worst seasons in memory.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• If that happened, fewer immigrants might want to come to the United States, and those who did might struggle to find work.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• The Trojans struggled with injuries and other issues for months but appear to have found traction at just the right time.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The rest of the funding will go to communities in the interior of the country, which have also been struggling to accommodate and assist large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers arriving to their cities.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024

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struggle

2 of 2 noun

• There was a struggle for the gun.
• There was no sign of a struggle.
• It was a struggle getting out of bed this morning.
• But the struggles of the 2021 season were just scratching the surface.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2023
• How did nobody tell me that these are the struggles that women could be up against?
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• Despite the chain’s struggles over the years, there are still 567 locations.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
• The narration in his first movement describes the struggles of those trying to reach the U.S., then and now.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• In all six cases, the sheriff's office said there were no blood spills or signs of struggle.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2023
• Even finding a place willing to take someone can be a struggle.
  — Jordan Rau, Fortune Well, 16 Nov. 2023
• In the struggle, Garris reaches in the direction of one of the officer’s holstered firearms, the video shows.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2024
• The best bit is that cyclists can get a funicular up to the top then ride down – no uphill struggle.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
• So, yeah, the bullpen struggles have been well-documented since April, though a new wrinkle has emerged.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Rohs’ struggles are all the more gripping because they’re seen in authentic images.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• Actor Patrick Gibson, who plays Nikolai, would love to dive in further to this struggle.
  — Town & Country, 25 Mar. 2023
• Haslam, the author, says a Latter-day Saint temple in Thailand was a faraway dream during the struggles of past decades.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• After a struggle to pull the women apart with the help of the male bystander, the security guard tackles the woman in the thong to the ground and pins her arms behind her back.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 11 July 2023
• Boredom can be a real struggle for lots of celebs, but even when there's nothing to do, there's always something to do.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• But the struggle that matters in Stuart’s life isn’t his quest to impale a bit of wayward currency.
  — Parker Smith, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
• But four errors over the final two games and offensive struggles left Coach Dave Van Horn with mixed reviews.
  — Matt Jones, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
• That is in keeping with Hollywood films’ struggles this year in China.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Nov. 2023
• Despite the struggles, the US back line has been solid, surrendering only one goal in three games.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• Just shows you that every bit of progress that is won through toil and struggle is followed by periods of regression.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
• Candy’s struggle as a trans woman is the reason Carr undertook this project.
  — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The shelter’s struggle to remain a no-kill facility is more due to space than funding.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2023
• And for those without those conditions, getting insurance to cover the drugs can be a struggle, which means shelling out more than $1,000 a month.
  — Claire Trageser, ELLE, 1 May 2023
• In 2023, Embracer Group became the poster child for the struggles of acquisitions.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
• The role of the culture warrior is to establish new fronts within this symbolic struggle.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• Either way, the result is that large segments of the population in the besieged Strip struggle daily to sustain themselves.
  — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
• For the Shiloh community, some said this struggle is about much more than compensation for an inconvenience.
  — Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024