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

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

The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers. — John Blake, CNN Money, 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

While both parties have long wrestled with warring factions in their ranks, the ideological rift is on full display this year, especially among Democrats, as democratic socialists test just how far to the left voters are willing to go. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 27 June 2026

State leaders have long wrestled with how to divvy up the Deschutes Basin in the face of increasing drought, booming population and growing demand. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026

Anyone who's wrestled a four-wheel carry-on across cobblestone streets knows exactly why that matters. — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026

Again and again, young people submitted poems that wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence, identity, anxiety, grief and uncertainty. — Sean Murphy, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

Faith traditions have wrestled with those questions for thousands of years. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026