Struggles

Examples

• A wild, long laugh rang through the deserted room, and ended in a hysteric sob; she threw herself on the floor, in convulsive sobbing and struggles. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If great criminals told the truth--which, being great criminals, they do not--they would very rarely tell of their struggles against the crime. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I gave Lucy in charge to the Countess's attendant, and then sought repose from my various struggles and impatient regrets. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Only after many struggles of thought does the individual assert his right as a moral being. Plato. The Republic.
• To whom could the poor little martyr tell these daily struggles and tortures? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oliver gazed, for a moment, at the struggles of the madman (for such he supposed him to be); and then darted into the house for help. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Imaginative writers have supposed that he had great spiritual struggles, that he went out into the desert in agonies of doubt and divine desire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Their struggles are towards it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• For seven years Fulton lived with them, busy about the most diverse matters, and always keenly interested in the struggles of the new and hot-tempered republic. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is the custom of historians to treat these struggles with extreme respect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The movement was prompt, and in a few minutes the fiercest of struggles began. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Vainly endeavouring to moisten those dry lips, with a painful sound she struggles with herself and complies. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There may be tragic economic struggles, grim grapplings of race with race and class with class. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There have been few patent struggles to compare with that which was waged over the telephone. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Her country, its ancient annals, its late memorable struggles, were all made to partake in her glory and excellence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Beth is going to be with me a great deal, and the other girls will drop in now and then to laugh at my housekeeping struggles. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• With a little handful of selected experimenters gathered about him, Edison settled down to one of his characteristic struggles for supremacy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• China has to tell a long history of border warfare and of graver struggles between the settled and nomad peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her struggles were really pathetic. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Various epochs of the past have had their own characteristic struggles and interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When convinced that there is no trick, astonishment struggles with admiration and a desire for a personal introduction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He was in close contact with the sanguinary political struggles of South America, and with a war of attempted extermination against the Indian. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Moreover, there have been several liberalizing movements in China, several recorded struggles against the ancient ways. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• England had been the scene of momentous struggles, during my early boyhood. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We cannot discuss here in detail the still unsettled problems of the new India that struggles into being. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This night is not calm; the equinox still struggles in its storms. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Down, down with him, fifty fathoms down; his struggles grew fainter and fainter, until they wholly ceased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Though all her mental struggles terminated in this conclusion, they forced themselves upon her, again and again, and left their traces too. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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