grapple with something

Examples of grappling

grappling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The investigators who have contributed articles are leaders in the field of child maltreatment who have been grappling with issues related to definition for decades.
Both countries seem to be grappling with conflicting ideologies, as successive politicians seek to implement the system in its entirety.
Policymakers in many countries are grappling with whether and how to regulate different statuses in different ways.
It points also to an underlying anxiety and ambivalence regarding this presence, a grappling with identity, a desire to experiment with places and roles.
The research community is better off grappling with these issues directly, rather than assuming them away.
No escalated aggression (grappling or biting) was ever observed at carrion or honey baits.
As we will see below the concept selection proposal has difficulty grappling with similar findings in the picture-word naming paradigm, especially the translation identity effect.
This was a longstanding preoccupation in colonial records, though the constant grappling with social markers of good work did not result in a better system.
We have been grappling with how best to classify these conditions and separate them from other similar conditions for the last century.
Most developed countries are grappling with the issue of how to integrate government and privately provided health insurance.
Aggressive behaviour consisted of biting, lunging and grappling; these behaviours were usually all expressed in an aggressive interaction.
It would make the ideal primer for any undergraduate grappling with digital audio in media production, multimedia, or in the sound studio.
Without contextual signposting, this could be interpreted as either grappling with philosophy or losing her mind : two very different junctures in the career she takes.
Like rugby teams grappling in a scrum, the parties engaged in a struggle for dominance.
The cross-cultural comparative perspective will be most useful to archaeologists grappling with global themes of risk, flexibility and resilience.
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