struggled

Verb

struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)

1. (intransitive) To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
   • During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

   Synonyms:

   agonize

2. (intransitive) To have difficulty with something.
   • One of the doctor’s patients struggled with depression.
3. (intransitive) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
   • She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp.

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