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Meanings of wrestle in English

Portuguese
luta
Catalan
lluita lliure
Spanish
confrontación

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat.

        luta
        Portuguese
        estrebuchar
        Catalan
        trenar
        Spanish
        retorcer

        To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

              estrebuchar
              Usage of wrestle in English
              1
              I can wrestle even better this year than I could last year.
              The Guardian
              2
              He learned to wrestle after he enlisted in the Free State Army.
              The new yorker
              3
              It has come to our attention that you would wish to wrestle.
              A singular man
              4
              We grappled pretty tightly, and in the wrestle the gun went off.
              The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 13
              5
              Sometimes we just need to let the other person wrestle with it.
              Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
              6
              He would soon have plenty of time to wrestle with his regrets.
              Shadow zone
              7
              The pastiest milquetoast emerges ready to scale oil rigs and wrestle crocodiles.
              The Irish Times
              8
              They wrestle in the snow and icy water shakes from the trees.
              The Guardian
              9
              However, 1540 spectators still turned up to witness the captivating arm wrestle.
              News.com.au
              10
              In the long wrestle between her nature and his, she had conquered.
              Marcella
              11
              Elisandra shrieked, and Kent leaped forward, trying to wrestle his father aside.
              Summers at Castle Auburn
              12
              Youth then said Bout's off then, only professionals wrestle with shoes on.
              The new yorker
              13
              Would you wrestle another human between a lead belayer and the wall?
              Climbing Magazine
              14
              You may not be able to wrestle her back into your car.
              Fortunate harbor
              15
              I thought of trying to wrestle the book from her hands .
              Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
              16
              Then Kintaro consenting, the hare and the monkey began to wrestle again.
              Japanese Fairy Tales
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              Translations for wrestle
              Wrestle through the time
              Wrestle across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common