Synonyms
Examples of troubled in a Sentence
She seemed troubled about something.
These have been troubled times.
Recent Examples on the Web
Full coverage: San Diego’s troubled 101 Ash St. deal
April 12, 2024
Hanau found the Faulconer administration withheld key information from council members when seeking their vote to acquire the 19-story office tower.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
For his part, Israel’s troubled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may want nothing more than a war with Iran to distract from his failing war in Gaza and his declining popularity at home.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2024
My parents were broke—educated but jobless, capable but troubled.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
Her mother later married a Vietnam vet who was deeply troubled and abusive.
—Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers had been split over how to create the office that would handle complaints about the state’s troubled child welfare system and who should control it.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Four employees of the Atlantis Leadership Academy, a school for troubled teens in Jamaica, were arrested following the removal of eight American boys after abuse allegations came to light.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Selling the day’s catches to locals unearths more information about each area’s troubled past, but darkness ushers in the night’s worrisome eldritch horrors.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Max 10, the largest version of that troubled aircraft.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
For his part, Israel’s troubled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may want nothing more than a war with Iran to distract from his failing war in Gaza and his declining popularity at home.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2024
My parents were broke—educated but jobless, capable but troubled.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
Her mother later married a Vietnam vet who was deeply troubled and abusive.
—Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers had been split over how to create the office that would handle complaints about the state’s troubled child welfare system and who should control it.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Four employees of the Atlantis Leadership Academy, a school for troubled teens in Jamaica, were arrested following the removal of eight American boys after abuse allegations came to light.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Selling the day’s catches to locals unearths more information about each area’s troubled past, but darkness ushers in the night’s worrisome eldritch horrors.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Max 10, the largest version of that troubled aircraft.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubled. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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