wrestle
verb (used without object)
to engage in wrestling.
wrestled
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past participleof wrestle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wrestle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wrestleverb (used without object)to engage in wrestling.
Example Sentences
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Yet of the 20 missed VAR interventions last season, a quarter were penalties not awarded when a player had been wrestled to the ground off the ball.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Firefighters wrestled "numerous flare-ups" under control overnight, working in very difficult conditions as powerful winds buffeted the eastern region bordering Germany -- with a "mini-tornado" even striking a town outside the park.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
For decades, physicists have wrestled with one of the deepest puzzles in modern science: the "black hole information paradox."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
American schools have wrestled with learning loss for the better part of a decade and no one has found a panacea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Mini wrestled with the cloak, her feet skidding across the floor.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
