Struggles is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Struggles meaning
plural of struggle
Using Struggles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of struggle
- In the example corpus, struggles often appears in combinations such as: struggles with, struggles to, the struggles.
Context around Struggles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Struggles
- In this selection, "struggles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, compete, recent, personal, black, sometimes and became stand out and add context to how "struggles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1997 described struggles between employees, about the struggles immigrant families, health struggles and own struggles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "struggles" sits close to words such as municipal, cat and membership, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with struggles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
About two-thirds of the population struggles with chronic insomnia. (10 words)
Again, his struggles this season were down to the recruitment done in the summer. (14 words)
Additionally, the struggles of the Chinese economy, Australia’s largest trading partner, further dampened sentiment toward the currency. (18 words)
What are the lessons for today of these kinds of struggles over the past 15 years, as seen in the Arab revolutions, the upheavals in Iran, the recent struggles in France over labor, racism, and antifascism, or so many others? (40 words)
After the economic struggles of the pandemic years, and amid pain from energy bills that went through the roof after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the people of Binche want to make this year’s carnival one for the ages. (40 words)
A team that struggles to compete, struggles to come out with an execution mindset, relatively sloppy in the first half, and then a team that also has the ability to come out and really impose its will. (37 words)
What are the lessons for today of these kinds of struggles over the past 15 years, as seen in the Arab revolutions, the upheavals in Iran, the recent struggles in France over labor, racism, and antifascism, or so many others? (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A team that struggles to compete, struggles to come out with an execution mindset, relatively sloppy in the first half, and then a team that also has the ability to come out and really impose its will.
What are the lessons for today of these kinds of struggles over the past 15 years, as seen in the Arab revolutions, the upheavals in Iran, the recent struggles in France over labor, racism, and antifascism, or so many others?
Despite Ian’s struggles with socializing and assertiveness being established in the beginning, there could have been more time dedicated to his struggles that could have led to a more comprehensive character development.
In this week’s “Behind the music,” Bell and I discussed his personal struggles and how those same struggles have made him into a better person—and into an even better artist.
It is not helpful to the struggles of black immigrants to conflate them with the struggles black Americans face, as they may not be interchangeable.
Queenie, published in March this year, features a 25-year-old woman of Caribbean descent who struggles to get noticed at work and struggles with her mental health.
Especially in his short fiction, Singer often wrote about various Jews having religious struggles; sometimes these struggles became violent, bringing death or mental illness.
Pratt & Rafaeli, (1997) described struggles between employees and management about organizational dress as struggles about deeper meanings and identities that dress represents.
About two-thirds of the population struggles with chronic insomnia.
A character-driven drama from Christopher Yip about the struggles immigrant families face while trying to make a home in the West.
Addiction can often leave individuals feeling ashamed, guilty, or embarrassed, which can make it difficult for them to talk about their struggles with loved ones or even professionals.
Additionally, the struggles of the Chinese economy, Australia’s largest trading partner, further dampened sentiment toward the currency.
After bowing out of the Firm as its senior members and relocating to the US in March 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke at length about their lives and struggles as working royals.
After experiencing IVF struggles as they tried to have a child together, Kourtney and Travis were able to announced her pregnancy at Travis’ Blink-182 concert in June 2023.
After leaving Parti Pejuang Tanahair and Gerakan Tanah Air that he formed, Dr Mahathir has since joined forces with PN with Hadi describing him as finally returning “to the fold of his struggles”.
After my own struggles, I'm committed to showing my sons different versions of strength and beauty, encouraging them to acknowledge their body for what it can help them do, not how it looks.
After she and her family move from Minnesota to San Francisco, Riley struggles to adjust to the move, missing her friends and the life she was used to.
After the economic struggles of the pandemic years, and amid pain from energy bills that went through the roof after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the people of Binche want to make this year’s carnival one for the ages.
After years of health struggles tied to contracting Lyme disease in 2003, the Timmins, Ont.-raised pop-country superstar is experiencing a phenomenon afforded to few performers: a reignited pop music career.
Again, his struggles this season were down to the recruitment done in the summer.
Phrases with struggles
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with struggles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- struggles with 36×
- struggles to 36×
- the struggles 25×
- his struggles 12×
- struggles in 9×
- struggles and 9×
- their struggles 9×
- struggles of 8×
- own struggles 8×
- health struggles 8×