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

Police wrestled him down, and Fauci, dressed in his white lab coat, bolted downstairs. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

And while Frog in Boiling Water wrestled with political anxiety and environmental collapse, ZIRP! — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Officers reported that surveillance video showed Rivas pursued the victim, wrestled with him on the ground, and stabbed him in an armpit area. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

For decades, physicists wrestled with a fundamental mystery of the universe. — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

But its founding family’s artistic, globe-trotting descendants have mostly stayed out of the business—and some have visibly wrestled with what that oil money has meant. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni intervened and tried to break things up, separating Garcia, at which point Paredes wrestled Gavi — who was already in a disagreement with Argentina’s Thiago Almada — to the ground. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Tempers flared late in the fourth quarter when Kings center Dylan Cardwell and Nets guard Egor Demin wrestled for a loose ball. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

At a launch event here, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that until now, humans have wrestled with the complexity of biology only with their minds. — Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 June 2026