We watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : He was grappling with a boy twice his size. ,to grapple with a problem.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The thug grappled him around the neck.    From Dictionary.com. 

This has been the way of God's people in grappling with this difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

Maybe it's a good time to take a long position in grappling hooks, peglegs, eyepatches and parrots?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

Yet, in grappling with these, he might go near to make his part good; but his heart cannot endure, nor his hands be strong, when.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

For the more faint-hearted who may not relish the idea of grappling with a Florida panther.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

I soon realized they weren't flying per se - they were grappling, thanks to a user-created mod called the grappling hook.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Escapist : Latest News] Reference

But the Romans hurriedly built ships and placed upon each a kind of drawbridge, fitted with great hooks called grappling-irons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introductory American History] Reference

Because we were kind of grappling that -- with that as we wrote the introduction to this segment.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2009] Reference

Or of the "grappling" of two vessels so that one of them, and its sailors, must die in the embrace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumph at Trafalgar] Reference

There were lots of survivors, and there were different generations of people kind of grappling with the changing climate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antony Hegarty's Otherworldly Sound] Reference

LAVANDERA: Well, I think you can see that the tension around town, as you see people kind of grappling to deal with what is going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2009] Reference

Specifically this 'grappling' that you all seem so in awe of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joystiq] Reference

Fedor Emelianenko vs Shinya Aoki exhibition 'grappling' video at M-1.    From Wordnik.com.  [UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com] Reference

He also got involved in "grappling" tournaments, which are scored more like wrestling, and did very well.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus last week said authorities were "grappling" with how to stabilise the rand.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

Replying to questions, he said Pakistan was '' grappling '' with many internal problems and terrorism is one of them.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A trapeze-like scheme would send future Moon dwellers into lunar orbit using a maglev train and a 'grappling' space elevator.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Space] Reference

We love the German expressionist stuff, that whole kind of grappling with hidden subtexts and all that kind of decoding we do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Wrestling is similar to judo since both are classified as grappling sports and they use some of the same techniques, "said Sheldrake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

"We're still grappling with how to honor Jerry's memory.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

I am grappling with a number of questions about this issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

As a result, we seem incapable of grappling with it seriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [America’s Fatal Flaw] Reference

The company has been grappling with market share for many products.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mixed Bag At P&G] Reference

Turkey is the last major country grappling with out-of-control prices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This The End Of Inflation?] Reference

This not-so-conscious grappling for a common identity is something new.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Cultural Nationalism] Reference

Businesses grappling with excess capacity aren't exactly demanding loans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great ATM Robbery] Reference

Even prosecutors and judges are grappling with ways to turn things around.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prison Paradox] Reference

You say "Scientists are still grappling with huge gaps in their knowledge.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

It doesn't just speak to teenage girls grappling with issues of independence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Titanic Love Affair] Reference

In Austria, officials are grappling with the ethics of restitution in a new way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spoils Of War] Reference

But a small city is grappling with the American dilemma as phrased by Rodney King.    From Wordnik.com.  ['CAN WE GET ALONG?'] Reference

It's certainly easier than grappling with the real problems of race, class, gender.    From Wordnik.com.  [The O.J. Legacy] Reference

The country -- and the family -- will be grappling with fallout from the case for years to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [A CRAZY SYSTEM] Reference

Employers are still grappling with how to supervise this ambitious herd of professionals-at-home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living From Job To Job] Reference

Julie is an innocent, but she's restless, slightly disheveled, grappling visibly with her feelings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grabbing The Brass Ring] Reference

After spending weeks grappling with The Issue in Japan's information technology scene, this meeting comes as a breath of fresh air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Random Access Online: Recipe For Success? Follow The Geeks] Reference