: a sport or contest in which two unarmed individuals struggle hand to hand with each attempting to subdue or unbalance the other
Examples of wrestling in a Sentence
My favorite sport is wrestling.
He was on the wrestling team in high school.
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The match was set at New York City's Madison Square Garden, one of the most iconic venues in professional wrestling.
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Russ Weakland, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Big Ten Championships in college wrestling started with several upsets, making the matches all the more interesting.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
For a period starting in the late Nineties, you were immersed in the world of pro wrestling and were a consultant for WCW.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
In August 2022, Contemporary Christian Music mainstay TobyMac issued a project, Life After Death, that found the singer-songwriter wrestling with the emotional turmoil that followed the death of his 21-year-old son, Truett, in 2019.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
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Russ Weakland, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Big Ten Championships in college wrestling started with several upsets, making the matches all the more interesting.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
For a period starting in the late Nineties, you were immersed in the world of pro wrestling and were a consultant for WCW.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
In August 2022, Contemporary Christian Music mainstay TobyMac issued a project, Life After Death, that found the singer-songwriter wrestling with the emotional turmoil that followed the death of his 21-year-old son, Truett, in 2019.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrestling. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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wrestling
noun
wres·tling
ˈres-liŋ 
: the sport in which two contestants wrestle each other
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