struggle through
Example Sentences
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I literally went to a place after school where they wore white coats and held clipboards and watched me struggle through reading on these machines that would isolate word after word.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024
“It’s something that I’m going to have to struggle through and figure out what to do, and I understand that there’s some urgency to get that out.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
The charismatic actors struggle, through no fault of their own, to share scenes with sentient fenders.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
As 40 million Afghans struggle through a second winter since the return of Taliban rule, many are facing conditions far worse than during the first.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
Sunny shrieked, which meant “I’d much prefer gardening to sitting around watching my siblings struggle through law books.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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