Wrestled
[resld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wrestle
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- St. Clare could say but little; he lay with his eyes shut, but it was evident that he wrestled with bitter thoughts. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Truly, I was mad that night-- love--which I have named a giant from its birth, wrestled with despair! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Till break of day she wrestled with God in earnest prayer. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was weeks and months that Tom wrestled, in his own soul, in darkness and sorrow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Every joy that life gives must be earned ere it is secured; and how hardly earned, those only know who have wrestled for great prizes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So the two men entwined and wrestled with each other, working nearer and nearer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Sanford