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Definition
to struggle:
typically a mental struggle — as in coming to terms with something
more rarely a physical struggle — as in hand-to-hand combat or moving something heavy or awkward
typically a mental struggle — as in coming to terms with something
more rarely a physical struggle — as in hand-to-hand combat or moving something heavy or awkward
- "You should not have yielded: you should have grappled with her at once," said Mr. Rochester.Chapter 20 (49% in)
- Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled.Chapter 26 (67% in)
There are no more uses of "grapple" in Jane Eyre.
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