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Example sentences for "struggled"

Lexicographically close words:
structured; structureless; structures; strudel; struggle; struggler; strugglers; struggles; struggling; strugglings
  1. The buffalo had no means of harming his enemy, but pawed the earth and struggled until his strength was exhausted, when the Indian used his knife on the animal's throat.

  2. He struggled with them, but was overpowered.

  3. She snatched him off the travois, but he struggled out of her arms to look upon his dog lovingly and admiringly.

  4. While he struggled thus, a soldier thrust him through with his bayonet from behind.

  5. A large calf turned viciously on Sitting Bull, whose pony had thrown him, but the alert youth got hold of both ears and struggled until the calf was pushed back into a buffalo wallow in a sitting posture.

  6. For ten years he appears to have struggled on in Brittany, with no intellectual associations, none of the notoriety with which he had been so long pampered, in terror for his life, yet still working at his philosophy of religion.

  7. Bright blossoms and green grass struggled with each other sweetly on the field.

  8. The proposition he struggled to develop was this, that True Democracy did not mean an equal share in the government, it meant an equal opportunity to share in the government.

  9. A ramshackle platform improvised upon a trolley struggled through the swarming straw hats to a street corner, and there was some speaking.

  10. One white-faced man not a score of yards away fell with a curse and a sob, struggled up, staggered for some yards with blood running abundantly from his neck, and fell and never stirred again.

  11. He struggled ridiculously to get himself clear, and when at last he succeeded she dropped prostrate on the floor with her dishevelled hair about her.

  12. The Emperor satisfied turned away, unmindful of the fact that this projectile he had launched had caught among the bushes below, and presently struggled and found itself still a living man.

  13. For all that time I struggled not so much to reconcile them as to serve them simultaneously.

  14. The whole business," returned Jim as he struggled to regain control of his feelings.

  15. Juarez had not recognized his antagonist, and struggled furiously.

  16. Juarez, thus suddenly awakened, struggled vainly but furiously for a few moments to break the iron grasp that held him as in a vice.

  17. He struggled with the barbarism of the first conquerors; but his salutary lessons produced a rich harvest in the second generation.

  18. The poor King looked puzzled and unhappy, and struggled with the pencil for some time without saying anything; but Alice was too strong for him, and at last he panted out, 'My dear!

  19. Those who have acquired the power to read the cosmic records[44] will easily recognise amongst the present pioneers of theosophy many a champion who in a former age struggled and fought in the same sublime cause.

  20. For months he had struggled against the passion in his bosom.

  21. Lady Margaret Langley held her niece's hand firmly in hers, while Annie Walton bent her fair brow upon her old relation's shoulder, and struggled with the tears that would fain have burst forth.

  22. The accents of the speaker appeared to have suddenly struck some chord in the sufferer's intelligence, for he struggled for an instant, and then, raising himself on his elbow, stared fixedly at him.

  23. The floor was uneven and fissured, and the solitary window was mended with an old hat,--thus diminishing the faint light which struggled through the narrow aperture.

  24. Against these conditions Wimpffen and his companions struggled long, but in vain.

  25. Who was so well suited to solve the difficulties of internal policy with which Bismarck had struggled so long?

  26. With Gneist, Lasker, Virchow, he was subduing the Church to this new idol of the State; he was doing that against which in the old days he had struggled with the greatest resolution and spoken with the greatest eloquence.

  27. Nagpanlugnut ang dalága nga gikidnap, The girl that was being kidnapped struggled to get free.

  28. Miluntalunta ang kabáyù sa pagkakità sa bayi, The horse struggled to get free when it saw the mare.

  29. Nagpanglugnut ang babáying gikidnap, The girl struggled vigorously to get loose from her abductors.

  30. Naglambúnit ang babáyi ug ang mangangagaw sa bág, The woman struggled with the purse-snatcher.

  31. Mihagpù ang pasul paglugnut sa dakung subad nga isdà, The fishing line broke when the big fish struggled to get free.

  32. Nangimbísug ang hubákun ug ginháwa, The asthma victim struggled to get a breath.

  33. But she scrambled off under her shelter obediently, while Betsy struggled with the branch.

  34. But as she struggled with the snarls she had had a sudden wild idea of doing it a different way from the pretty fashion Aunt Frances always followed.

  35. It was done: they called on God from the midst of the waves, and then each struggled to save the life they valued.

  36. Left to herself, she immediately struggled to free her limbs from bondage.

  37. She struggled to her feet, and in a rapture of thanksgiving, folded the child to her heart.

  38. She struggled in his arms to free herself, but without avail.

  39. He had arrived with his precious burden close to the great steps of the piazza, when she struggled from his arms, and stood half turned about, her wistful brown eyes looking blankly at him.

  40. For a quarter of a century the Jesuits had struggled to build up a spiritual empire among the heathen of North America, but, to all appearances, they had struggled in vain.

  41. Finding that he was not killed, he struggled out from beneath the wreck which had overwhelmed him.

  42. Impressed by the responsibility of his position, Lieutenant Somers encouraged the weak as they struggled through the mire on their trying march, and with fit words stimulated the enthusiasm of all.

  43. In an instant a chorus of distress was raised; the birds hovered over their friend, as he struggled in the water, with cries of sorrow and alarm, and seemed to be giving him advice in some fashion of their own.

  44. She watched how it struggled to upturn a treasure, A thing it was wishing for, something to eat, A worm to be dug for with patience and pleasure!

  45. But she struggled feebly and in vain; and Braxley, in the audacity of his belief that he had frightened her into a more reasonable mood, proceeded the length of throwing an arm around his almost insensible victim.

  46. He struggled fiercely, striving to break his bonds.

  47. Sliver's broad, round face struggled like a full moon in clouds of helplessness.

  48. While, ten minutes later, they struggled among the boulders and brush at the foot of the ridge, the rifles began sputtering behind them.

  49. And still they struggled hard--still sweat and blood Poured down at every strain.

  50. When the combatants closed, they struggled for some time together, and at length Rustem seized the girdle-belt of his antagonist, and threw him from his saddle.

  51. He declared, however, that he would himself take revenge for the blood of Saiáwush, and struggled to overcome the friends who were opposing his progress.

  52. Lord Ellerdine struggled to find words in which to express his meaning.

  53. There were men who struggled to give no indication of their feelings, and made effort at an entire lack of expression.

  54. She struggled in his arms, her face pale as linen, her voice with a note of almost shrill alarm.

  55. Fouquet struggled up out of the curious apathy.

  56. Fernet struggled to lift himself; the doctor bent toward him.

  57. And so they struggled for a while, with no result on either side save that the strain grew heavy and the breath came harder than at first.

  58. He waved them back; and the Knight, who had been slightly dazed, struggled to his feet and looked about him.

  59. With a startled cry the girl sprang back and struggled to get free.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "struggled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.