wrestle
verb (used without object)
to engage in wrestling.
has been wrestling
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present perfect progressiveof wrestle (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Her comments reflected a tension the central bank has been wrestling since the spring, when the Iran war sent energy prices climbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Denny’s, which also owns breakfast chain Keke’s, has been wrestling with competition and a volatile consumer-spending environment.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
Mr. Trump has been wrestling attention away from his rivals - on the campaign trail, on social media, in television interviews and from the courtroom - for months.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
But Pakistan, which has been wrestling with an economic crisis in recent years, is short of patience.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
It is no two hundred and fifty thousand years, nor two hundred and fifty millions, but an infinite duration of past time that covers the period in which she has been wrestling with this problem.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
