life-and-death struggle

They are involved in a life-and-death struggle to determine the future of their nation.

The two men began to wrestle in a life-and-death struggle.

Her father was out of practice for such life-and-death struggles.

The general had expected, within seconds of the assault, to be in a life-and-death struggle.

They had no way of knowing a life-and-death struggle was taking place just off shore.

This can mean the difference between success and failure in a life-and-death struggle.

There shall no longer be a life-and-death struggle for food and shelter.

And thus the mass of the people were always in a life-and-death struggle with poverty.

On another level, they were engaged in a life-and-death struggle.

The living room showed few signs of a life-and-death struggle.