The answer lies in his private struggle with his destiny.

We must look above the level of our private struggles and keep in mind the greater enemy.

But Peri felt that she had won another major battle in her long, private, quiet struggle to have the career of her choice.

Ms. Manzoni appeared to be a woman engaged in a private struggle.

The real work of learning how to write is a completely personal and private struggle.

His people hold great store in an individual's private struggles.

Rehearsals are the private struggles by which public performance is made to seem effortless and trouble-free.

But there were struggles, both private and public.

Besides their own private struggles, Jefferson students have all had to contend with the school's very public ones.

He had simply dropped out of the arguments, ignored the discussions, was totally immersed in that private struggle.