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Struggled in a sentence
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Struggled meaning
simple past and past participle of struggle
Using Struggled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of struggle
- In the example corpus, struggled often appears in combinations such as: struggled to, has struggled, struggled with.
Context around Struggled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Struggled
- In this selection, "struggled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, line, pickett, beak and pickett stand out and add context to how "struggled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and they struggled to create and bates diop struggled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "struggled" sits close to words such as dating, managing and processes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with struggled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Early in the season, Ohio State struggled when Bates-Diop struggled. (11 words)
Adria's dishes got plenty of compliments, but she struggled to control the flow of service. (16 words)
The Bears have struggled on offense and defense, while the Broncos have mostly just struggled on defense. (17 words)
While TTU has struggled all conference play, Texas defense can be a good reprieve for them, a middling bunch that has struggled to defend the perimeter, allowing foes to hit on 35% of their 3-point tries in conference play. (40 words)
About nine months ago, she finally started receiving a basic state widow’s pension, but for many years after her husband’s death she struggled as the only breadwinner in the family, earning a fraction of what he had. (39 words)
A chocolate tree, with bright green leaves, is an example of a plant that was introduced early, struggled, was removed and allowed to flourish in Amazon’s greenhouse, and then returned to a new spot in the Spheres. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Bears have struggled on offense and defense, while the Broncos have mostly just struggled on defense.
The offensive line struggled, Pickett struggled, and the run game never got a chance to get going.
While TTU has struggled all conference play, Texas defense can be a good reprieve for them, a middling bunch that has struggled to defend the perimeter, allowing foes to hit on 35% of their 3-point tries in conference play.
Both struggled in school — Beak struggled with his confidence, while Angel’s life in an abusive household gave her issues with authority — but fell in love and had kids.
Early in the season, Ohio State struggled when Bates-Diop struggled.
Judge O’Shea described it as an ugly incident in which the pub staff did their best and “struggled and struggled to placate the accused”.
When I said before that I struggled, what I was also trying to say was that I struggled because I was trying to be something and I didn’t know what that something was.
Abel Carney has struggled so far with the bat this season, but he has been around long enough to know that a good score is always just around the corner.
A bird rescue sanctuary that has struggled in the cost-of-living crisis is calling for help to expand and rescue more animals.
About nine months ago, she finally started receiving a basic state widow’s pension, but for many years after her husband’s death she struggled as the only breadwinner in the family, earning a fraction of what he had.
Absolutely nothing truly struggled to obtain modern Muslims finding someone, so the guy chose to develop a simple solution and founded muzmatch in April 2015.
According to the documentary, officials investigating the kidnappings still struggled to identify what organisation was behind it.
A chocolate tree, with bright green leaves, is an example of a plant that was introduced early, struggled, was removed and allowed to flourish in Amazon’s greenhouse, and then returned to a new spot in the Spheres.
Additionally, Mitchell will work with a specific group of students, mostly rising seniors, who have struggled to balance the need to work and attend school.
Adria's dishes got plenty of compliments, but she struggled to control the flow of service.
After a brilliant 2021 Spring Carnival, when his wins included success aboard Incentivise, Prebble struggled for opportunities in 2022.
After being told residents had struggled to visualise how the scheme will look, virtual flythroughs have been created.
After dominating the first half, Rovers struggled to impose themselves and substitute Joel Mumbongo wasted a gilt-edged chance when thumping a close-range header over from Josh Dacres-Cogley's cross.
After Gatti's goal, Napoli's momentum dropped and they struggled to create chances or mount an offensive to equalise.
After his grandfather died as well, the scholar’s mother struggled with clinical depression and died of an overdose of barbiturates soon after.
Common combinations with struggled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- struggled to 106×
- has struggled 33×
- struggled with 29×
- have struggled 17×
- he struggled 13×
- struggled for 9×
- struggled in 8×
- and struggled 7×
- struggled and 6×
- that struggled 6×