grappling

[ grap-ling ]

/ ˈgræp lɪŋ /

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noun

grapnel.

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Origin of grappling

First recorded in 1590–1600; grapple + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM grappling

un·grap·pling, adjective

Words nearby grappling

grappier cement, grapple, grapple ground, grapple plant, grapple shot, grappling, grappling iron, graptolite, grapy, GRAS, Grasmere

How to use grappling in a sentence

We read Thomas Piketty because we needed to understand these failures to have any hope of grappling with them.
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There was something profoundly purging about finally grappling with it by putting it into words.
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When Booker assumed office, his half-a-million constituents were grappling with high unemployment and rampant poverty.
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Now Europe is grappling with its worst fear—the threat of an Ebola outbreak.
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Given the daunting problems the city is grappling with—massive debt and a severe pension crisis—can you blame them?
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The time of hard grappling with the overwhelming fulness of actuality is over.
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Peter was moved not only because this was his son but because here was a fellow human being grappling with the common enemy.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun
Grappling for broken cable On the way from Misamis to Iligan, 87.
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And well for him her grasping handAnd grappling arm were strong!
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Already he was far away on a new line of thought, while the other was still grappling with his first surprise.
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British Dictionary definitions for grappling

grappling

/ (ˈɡræplɪŋ) /

noun

the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling

a hook used for securing something

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British Dictionary definitions for grappling

noun