grapple
verb (used without object)
to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
had grappled
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past perfectof grapple.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But by the end of last year, he had grappled with the ethical quandary and come out on the side of trying something different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Chief O’Hara said that since the killing of Mr. Floyd, the Police Department had grappled with an exodus of officers and a flurry of new rules and oversight that has left officers confused and overwhelmed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Runaway inflation has pushed the Australian central bank to pursue its most aggressive tightening cycle in decades, boosting margins for banks that had grappled with record-low interest rates for the past two years.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2022
The Scottish government said it understood the health board had grappled with challenges.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2022
A second later Biff had grappled him, and together they went to the floor.
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg
