2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend
forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle
with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power
to add or detract. --Lincoln.
3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in
any kind of difficulty or distress.
'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait
than struggle in the snare. --Dryden.
Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.