they were struggling
Past progressive they conjugation of struggle.

struggle

Sounds like they were struggling here for a while.
Je pense qu'il y a eu une bagarre pendant un moment.
Just the other day, I was talking to some other stay at home moms and asked if they were struggling with any difficulties.
Juste l'autre jour, je parlais à quelques autres mamans de séjour à la maison et demandé si elles luttaient avec n'importe quelles difficultés.
The people in these companies have extremely specialized skills in their areas of expertise, but they were struggling to use their skills effectively in satellite development.
Les gens qui travaillaient dans ces entreprises avaient des compétences hautement spécialisées dans leurs domaines respectifs, mais ils avaient du mal à les appliquer efficacement à la conception de satellites.
Last week, I had the opportunity of heading a European Parliament delegation to Romania and we were able to see how they were struggling with this and what kind of difficulties they were up against.
La semaine dernière, j'ai eu l'occasion de conduire une délégation du Parlement européen en Roumanie, et nous avons pu voir de quelle manière ils s'attaquaient à ce problème et le type de difficultés qu'ils rencontraient.
They were struggling against homophobic persecution in straight society.
Ils luttaient contre la persécution homophobe dans la société droite.
They were struggling to breath because of the smoke.
Ils luttent pour respirer à cause de la fumée.
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