How to Use wrestle in a Sentence

wrestle

verb
  • They'll be wrestling with each other for the championship.
  • They'll be wrestling each other for the championship.
  • Now we’re viewed by wrestling fans as icons.
    — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the video, agents are seen wrestling a man to the ground.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Boris wrestled the gun from one of them.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Some places are wrestling with this question.
    — Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Where truth is boxed and shelved, not wrestled with.
    — Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Trump wrestled publicly with whether to give him the job.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • All of its actors are wrestlers, or have wrestled.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Luis shares how the brothers started wrestling six years ago.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • A number of agents jumped out and wrestled him to the ground.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Bartenders have been wrestling with this problem for a long time.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Steven only wrestled for a short time.
    — Jason Getz, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Germany is still wrestling with that legacy.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Clearly, the voice of wrestling fans is being heard all over the world.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Tsay lunged at the gunman and was able to wrestle the weapon away from him.
    — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That’s when three men wrestled him to the ground to hold him for the police.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Nine of the 11 boys wrestling on the final day, won their last match.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • No need to wrestle with poles or even inflate a sleeping pad.
    — Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Tried to wrestle me from his bed to not amputate.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • About eight agents wrestle Pretti to the ground.
    — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • At the airport, the driver wrestled our bags to the curb and was gone.
    — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The nightmare of any mother is wrestling with the prospect of losing your child.
    — Essence, 29 Dec. 2025
  • But why has wrestling become so ingrained in the state's culture?
    — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Park staff and local stakeholders are wrestling with what comes next.
    — Kevin Strong, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Raúl wrestled Lucio to the ground.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That cap saving might be enough for Jones to wrestle away the job this fall.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Miz and Axiom wrestled a nice, long match that was both of their best in years.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • Dallas has wrestled with the issue for years.
    — Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then Allen wrestled Ward down for a loss of 11.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025

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