Synonyms of wrestled

wrestled

verb

past tense of wrestle

as in fought

to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery

the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fought
• grappled
• tussled
• battled
• scuffled
• brawled
• contended
• punched
• combated
• dueled
• struck
• skirmished
• hit
• sparred
• rassled
• slugged
• buffeted
• battered
• bashed
• clashed (with)
• boxed
• warred (against)
• beat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrestled

The album folded electronic textures, orchestral flourishes, studio experimentation and huge melodies into songs that wrestled with politics, mortality, love, fear and the strange business of being alive. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026

On the other end, Heckman wrestled with the moral predicament of giving airtime to a potential murderer while hoping to keep Hall alive. — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

After the deputy attempted to block Reaves from retrieving the gun, a struggle ensued and Reaves wrestled the weapon away from Raczkowski. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

As Nabers wrestled with hurdles that stood in his way, the noise of a 24/7 NFL news cycle desperate to know Nabers’ next steps swirled around them. — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

As fishermen wrestled their catches out of flimsy fiberglass boats near a makeshift shoreside market recently, several stopped to talk with CNN, complaining that the war is ruining business. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Hinduism itself has long wrestled with the question of how many gods there are, and different answers have been proposed throughout its history, but none of those answers necessarily invalidates the others. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

County officials — caught between a state legislative mandate to cooperate with ICE, a national mass deportation push that was filling their jail with detainees and a vocal electorate that demanded change — wrestled with how to respond. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026

There’s one anecdote in the cookbook’s foreword that Tiedemann wrestled with sharing. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026