verb
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To seize something and hold it firmly.
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To wrestle or tussle.
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(with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem.
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to grapple with one's conscience
verb
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To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
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To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
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To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
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To hook and raise with a grapple.
noun
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(gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
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A grappling hook or grappling iron.
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A small anchor; a grapnel.
Examples of grappling in a Sentence
He paused, grappling with the truth.
She was quiet for a moment, grappling with emotions that kept clouding her judgment.
So if you are grappling with a difficult situation, be sure to ask the expert, yourself, first.
After a moment grappling with her mixed emotions, she got up and called a portal.
Deidre was silent, grappling with the issue and her emotions.
Throughout the term lessons are taught to whole classes - 30 beginner instrumentalists grappling with their newfound talent is a sight to behold!
Grappling with the answer was almost as troubling as dealing with Jonny.
The result is that, both in physicians and in the public, a more hopeful attitude in respect of the cure of phthisis has led to a more earnest grappling with the infection in its earliest stages and in every phase, with a correspondingly large improvement in prevention and treatment.
He used to declaim by the hour in the conclaves at Burlington House upon the necessity of securing Fox; upon the strength which his genius would lend to the administration in its task of grappling with the sanguinary giant; upon the impossibility, at least, of doing either with him or without him.
The generation of that decade were spreading their cultural wings, wrapping their minds around concepts like "equality", "equal pay for equal work" and grappling with large numbers of women in the workforce.
The stuff consisted of at least 5 supermarket trolleys, roped together with thick ropes, complete with grappling hook.
During the gloomy autumn and winter of1880-1881Forster's energy and devotion in grappling with the situation in Ireland (see Ireland) were indefatigable, his labour was enormous, and the personal risks he ran were many; but he enjoyed the Irish character in spite of all obstacles, and inspired genuine admiration in all his coadjutors.
In many of the stages, you can use "wings" and "grappling hook" in a very useful way.
Hawk can be considered on par with Zangief in strength, but generally has more finesse and utilizes fewer grappling techniques.
You'll be able to cast a discerning eye over the products available, instead of grappling with the desire to rush out, purchase and look cool.
Grappling hooks would be deployed and the Batmobile could climb up building walls with ease.
He felt her grappling with his question and willed her to help him.
But the economic and financial situation was one of almost hopeless embarrassment and confusion, and Pellegrini proved himself incapable of grappling with it.
Grappling will be recommenced so as to hook the cable near enough to the end to allow of its being hove to the surface.
The grappling of the cable and raising it to the surface from a depth of 2000 fathoms seldom occupy less than twenty-four hours, and since any extra strain due to the pitching of the vessel must be avoided, it is clear that the state of the sea and weather is the predominating factor in the time necessary for effecting the long series of operations which, in the most favourable circumstances, are required for a repair.
His chief agent, Captain (afterwards Sir William) Sleeman, with several competent assistants, and the co-operation of a number of native states, succeeded in completely grappling with the evil, so that up to October 1835 no fewer than 1562 Thugs had been committed, of which number 382 were hanged and 986 transported or imprisoned for life.
Here he was for the first time grappling with a fundamental difficulty in metaphysical idealism which is absent from realism, namely, the difficulty of explaining the identity of a thing, e.g.
To-day anthropology is grappling with the heavy task of systematizing the vast stores of knowledge to which the key was found by Boucher de Perthes, by Lartet, Christy and their successors.
You weren't about to take a chance that you lose her, Gabriel said, grappling with the reasoning behind the demon lord's actions.
They have added so much stuff including 20 hotspots around the ring, a new analog grappling system and a new larger roster.
A Subject Specialist Network could also encompass the growing number of art conservators who are grappling with the challenges associated with non-traditional media.
The removal to London was proof that the leaders were alive to the necessity of grappling with the rapid growth of towns and cities, and that the Connexion, at first mainly a rural movement, had also urban work to accomplish.
The hairstyle is a great choice for women who are grappling between the many different half updos they can wear.
Beatie has found himself in the midst of a media circus as he and his wife attempt to navigate the legal questions, ethical protests, and just plain curiosity of those grappling with the idea of a man who is pregnant.