The sense of stupendous, heroic struggle infused the whole of his masterpiece.

With many kicking-the-bottle stories there can be an element of heroic struggle.

As miners acquire indoor loos, televisions and mortgages like everyone else, heroic struggle fades into the light of common day.

They had miscarried in a heroic struggle for liberty; after having combated every hardship and conquered every difficulty.

Deep-sea cables, no longer a heroic struggle against the elements, had become instead a mature technology and a serious business.