internal struggle

collocation in English

meaningsofinternalandstruggle

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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struggle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/us
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/
a very difficult task that you can do only by making a ...
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(Definition ofinternalandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Now he appears alone, coming to grips, probably in an obbligato recitative, with hisinternalstruggle.
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Thisinternalstrugglewas transformed into a dispute between leaders of the key electoral regions over the style of the party's leadership.
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He attributed this to theinternalstrugglebetween the impulse towards cheap and easy entertainment and the ambitions of the show's producers to say something more weighty.
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Can we afford aninternalstruggleof such a character, at such a time?
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They conspired to gain supremacy in aninternalstruggle.
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We felt a growing sense of security, and we felt that the long period ofinternalstruggleand internal feud had finished, as we hoped, for all time.
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After the wars for independence, a long period ofinternalstrugglefollowed.
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This is especially true of theinternalstrugglewithin the poem and the narrator's waiting for rain.
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In the context of isolation, all that could be achieved was aninternalstruggleto slow down the pace and scope of the degeneration.
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Hisinternalstruggleto accept and embrace his identity inform the beginning of covering.
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The plane crashed due to aninternalstruggleby the time the jets arrived.
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The possibility of some sort ofinternalstrugglehad long been under consideration.
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They had pretty fierce internal struggles before they got to their final draft.
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Cassie'sinternalstrugglehas potential, but only in a larger context.
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Pip has aninternalstrugglewith his conscience throughout the book.
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Roberts was torn by aninternalstrugglebetween his faith and a desire to be honest with himself.
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Becket'sinternalstruggleis the main focus of the play.
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We have taken up the concept of liberalisation, but primarily to allow us to win internal struggles in this emerging sector.
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By uncovering the concealed meaning in a dream, one would have more skills to realize causes of internal struggles they face.
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The chiropractic leaders and colleges have had internal struggles.
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