Cope with
cope with (verb) - deal with a problem sucessfully
cope with the workload
learn to cope with the situation
struggling to cope with the situation
unable to cope
a situation difficult to cope with
a way of copiing with the situation
will just have to cope with it
couldn't cope any longer
can't cope with what's going on around him
an't cope with the situation
cope with the soaring heat
too young to cope with her malice
can cope with him and everyday life now
wanted to test how they'd cope with an incident
cope with unwanted visitors staying four and a half hours beyond their welcome
sufferers learn to cope with their illness
cope with a nuclear reactor accident
learned to cope with adult daily life
please contact me for help, if you cannot cope with it yourself,
to cope with the seasonal demand for drivers, bus crews worked overtime
build additional lines to cope with the first flush of growth
an ingenious adaptation to cope with eating under water
found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans
be able to cope with our reduced labour force
ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion
cope with the growing tide of illegal migrants
gives students confidence in their ability to cope with longer stretches of language
designed to cope with
almost more than we can cope with!
failure to cope with
able to cope with
hired a secretary to help cope with the mail
straight-forward procedural methods cannot cope with the complexity of the organization
habitually cope with conflict in this way
helping parents cope with tantrums
upgrade its operating system to cope with the requirements of large-scale systems
complexity of urban life had risen too rapidly for human nature to cope with
cigarettes as a necessary luxury to cope with the difficulties of caring for a family and managing on a low income
practising meditation helping them to cope with difficulties and gain a sense of freedom and peace
Example sentences:
* She was unable to cope with her increasing workload.
* Unemployment is very difficult to cope with.
* By encouraging them to keep up their medication and allowing them to talk through their problems sufferers learn to cope with their illness.
* Life is hectic, time is precious enough, without having to cope with unwanted visitors staying four and a half hours beyond their welcome.
* The Hungarian interior minister, Peter Boross, in opening remarks, said a common strategy was needed to cope with the growing tide of illegal migrants, including a policy to improve life in their home countries.
* The ambulance and fire teams wanted to test how they'd cope with an incident some 176 feet up.
* I was simply too young to cope with her malice.
* I can cope with him and everyday life now.
* This is particularly important for elementary students as it helps them keep pace with the programme and therefore gives them confidence in their ability to cope with longer stretches of language.
* While such actions are welcome, for some governments and for many people, no amount of safety measures or reassurances regarding the ability to cope with a nuclear reactor accident is satisfactory.
* I cannot cope with this situation.
* The prospect of spending another night under the same roof as him was just too much to cope with.
* It is very important to keep our name and work in the public eye and if you know about a publicity opportunity, but feel you cannot cope with it yourself, please contact me for help.
* Despite her mental handicap she learned to cope with adult daily life.
* All these disastrous events began to hamper the government's efforts to cope with the desperate financial situation.
* For many years, tram and bus crews operated as separate entities, but to cope with the seasonal demand for drivers, bus crews worked overtime on trams.
* The railway sought approval to build additional lines to cope with the first flush of growth following the launch of 125mph services on the East Coast main line the previous year.
* Dolphins have an ingenious adaptation to cope with eating under water.
* In some quarters, of course, he was enormously popular, and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans.
* With reduced cow numbers (courtesy of quotas) and some investment in fencing and sheep handling, I hope we shall be able to cope with our reduced labour force especially as my wife is out teaching more and more.
* The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus: "Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved, but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future, since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods, to reclaim much land, which our ancestors have made sterile."
* At the same time the great Victoria [railway] Terminus was extended by the addition of another station behind to cope with increased long-distance traffic.
* No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural disaster either.
* After her husband's departure, she had emotional problems stemming from several causes: (i) failure to cope with children; (ii) failure to cope with full-time job; (iii) loss of social contacts.
* She was able to cope with the sale of her house.
* One lot will be easy to sell, but another lot will be almost more than we can cope with!
* So if you have a cold starter and dessert and a main course that is either a one-pot meal, like a casserole, or a roast, where the oven temperature can be adjusted to cope with delays in starting, then you should avoid disasters.
* I hired a lovely secretary called Cats to help me cope with the mail.
* While the computer is an obvious tool for handling and organizing large quantities of data in the hyper-medium, straight-forward procedural methods cannot cope with the complexity of the organization.
* We do not always realise what is at the root of our original fears, or that we habitually cope with conflict in this way at all.
* The first step in helping parents cope with tantrums that their children have is to encourage them to identify the triggers for the behaviour.
* Unlike Sunsoft Inc, Solbourne is not in the process of trying to upgrade its operating system to cope with the requirements of large-scale systems, its had that work under its belt for many moons.
* The transaction data volumes will depend mainly on the number of terminals installed, since the system must be able to cope with continuous usage at each terminal.
* One child psychiatrist advised that the complexity of urban life had risen too rapidly for human nature to cope with.
* Already in the 1930s government was having to cope with this decline in the steel industry, and ventures like the the new iron and steel works at Ebbw Vale were testament to the need for regional support.
* What will be the likely effects of such judgements on someone for whom practising meditation has become an important part of life, perhaps helping them to cope with difficulties and gain a sense of freedom and peace?
* They are said to regard cigarettes as a necessary luxury to cope with the difficulties of caring for a family and managing on a low income.
