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Struggler

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strug·gle  (strgl)
v. strug·gled, strug·gling, strug·gles
v.intr.
1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
2. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled with his math homework.
3. To make a strenuous effort; strive: struggled to be polite.
4. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
5. To progress with difficulty: struggled through the novel.
v.tr.
To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator.
n.
1. The act of struggling.
2. Strenuous effort; striving.
3. Combat; strife: armed struggle.
[Middle English struglen.]
struggler n.
struggling·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.struggler - a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"


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"The money actually paid over within a few hours," ran this fascinating advertisement, conjuring up a vision of swift messengers rushing with bags of gold to the aid of the poor struggler.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The two men who had pushed the strugglers with their feet were assailed with abuse by the sailors, who had become reconciled.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Kenn's face that was looking at her; that plain, middle-aged face, with a grave, penetrating kindness in it, seeming to tell of a human being who had reached a firm, safe strand, but was looking with helpful pity toward the strugglers still tossed by the waves, had an effect on Maggie at this moment which was afterward remembered by her as if it had been a promise.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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