How to Use grappling in a Sentence

grappling

noun
  • Next, he is shown Rice grappling with Mavropanos.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • The rest of us are all sort of wrestling and grappling to find our most consistent selves.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In stage two, the grappling hook is used once again to retrieve a bag with a handle in it.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2017
  • But deputies had a trick up their sleeve — a secret weapon that is part grappling gun, part lasso.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The film stars Costa as an everyman grappling with the loss of his dog.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And then my parents got me into grappling, which is like wrestling, and kickboxing.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 June 2025
  • On the ground, there’s a war of grappling, chokes, and limb breaks, and Oliveira is one of the best to ever fight it.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Nunes went directly to her grappling-centric gameplan in rounds three through five.
    — Nolan King, MMA Junkie, 15 Dec. 2019
  • After a half-minute of grappling, Howard was finally able to pry his hand free and speed away.
    — Matt Wolfe, New Republic, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Hooper’s striking is no longer a deficit, while his grappling and ground control remain top-notch.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • How is the music industry grappling with the way art and music are defined?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • While her songs deal with a grappling of her inner demons, the fashion also appears ready for combat.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 July 2022
  • The process, the feeling, the emotion, the grappling, is very universal.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • In Episode 7, Rick paces at the edge of the bed, gripping a gun and grappling with the weight of vengeance.
    — Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Gabi Mosley is a flawed anti-hero grappling with healing that is incomplete.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 15 Jan. 2025
  • One underrated tool is a grappling dummy, which can be made from a gi, pillows and towels.
    — Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Even the world’s record-breaking athletes are not immune to the lows of grappling with burnout and mental health challenges.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In grappling with the security dilemma, a state may be left with only bad options.
    — Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • Its youth program is widely regarded as among the best in the state, the backbone of a grappling empire.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Lauder isn’t the only enterprise grappling with what the future holds.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Neither is there any sign of serious grappling with an endgame in Gaza once the fighting begins.
    — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023
  • So Beau is a virgin grappling with the idea that sleeping with the girl of his dreams might literally kill him.
    — Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • Longtime senators are not the only ones in the chamber grappling with health concerns.
    — Neil Vigdor, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Several women were seen pushing and grappling while bystanders lifted phones to record the chaos.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Diane trained five days a week, for two hours at a time, cycling through things like fight training, wrestling, grappling, and gymnastics.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 29 June 2023
  • But Suarez, an undefeated grappling powerhouse, is ready to put her skills to the test against the champ.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In truly violent stories, the plot is one of grappling, and grappling with grappling.
    — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Lopes has good technical striking skills, at least early in his fights, and excellent grappling.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Lopes has good technical striking skills, at least early in his fights, and excellent grappling.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That’s when Chez’s father slowly approached and tried to sweep his son up in a bear hug but the two wound up grappling with each other.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026

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