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Meaning of struggling in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    struggling

    Definitions

    1. engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

    Examples

    • « a financially struggling theater »
    • « struggling artists »

    Synonyms

    • troubled

Famous quotes

  • « I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other. »
    Laura Dern
  • « It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony. »
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  • « The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question about what the best diet is, is symptomatic of how far we have strayed from the natural conditions that gave rise to our species, from the simple act of eating real, whole, fresh food. »
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  • « What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us. »
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  • « In the last year my wife has noticed me struggling to get downstairs on a Sunday morning. I've two young children and football has been so good to me over the years I don't want to spoil it. »
    Graeme Le Saux

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