The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. i. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously.
And in my standard bear the arms of York,
To grapple with the house of Lancaster.
--Shak.
Usage examples of "to grapple with".
It seems that with the addition of SW:TPM to our universe, thousands of people my age are having to grapple with this very issue for the first time.
She used the hook to grapple with after all, got to the side and hooked on as the hook took from the other side.
He gazed at her for long moments, tasting the half-amused, half-resigned tolerance in her mind glow as he tried to grapple with who and what she was.
I'm different in terms of trying to grapple with the big questions, the ultimate questions, the ones that won't go away.
Humans are dying and I am helpless, unable to grapple with the enemy.
Singleminded in his original rage, Aygar had launched himself across the Defense table to grapple with Tanegli.
I hung on a few minutes longer, knowing he wasn't coming, just trying to grapple with the same thing I'd been grappling with for days.
He burst out of his hut and ran toward The River, stopping now and then to strike out at the air or to grapple with invisible beings and to roll back and forth on the grass.
He rose on full back and leg blasts to grapple with his enemy, pounding the weapon out of its fist.