3 uses
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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
- Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.1.3 — Act 1 Scene 3 — A room in Polonius's house (46% in)
- Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valour, and in the grapple I boarded them: on the instant they got clear of our ship; so I alone became their prisoner.4.6 — Act 4 Scene 6 — Another room in the Castle (54% in)
- [Grappling with him.5.1 — Act 5 Scene 1 — A churchyard (86% in)
There are no more uses of "grapple" in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
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