Examples of troubled in a Sentence
She seemed troubled about something.
These have been troubled times.
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Her crewmate on Boeing's troubled Starliner test flight, Butch Wilmore, left NASA last summer.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
While tens of millions of Americans do support shutting down and securing our borders while rounding up dangerous criminals who have entered our nation illegally, many are also deeply troubled to see moms and dads being pulled out of a Home Depot or a Walmart in sight of their crying children.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Embodying a character as evil as Stephen has made the far more relaxed White—whose real-life mother, Katey Sagal, plays his character’s troubled mother on the series—relish the character’s small misfortunes.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Yoon’s troubled presidency mercifully came to an end on April 4, 2025.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
While tens of millions of Americans do support shutting down and securing our borders while rounding up dangerous criminals who have entered our nation illegally, many are also deeply troubled to see moms and dads being pulled out of a Home Depot or a Walmart in sight of their crying children.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Embodying a character as evil as Stephen has made the far more relaxed White—whose real-life mother, Katey Sagal, plays his character’s troubled mother on the series—relish the character’s small misfortunes.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Yoon’s troubled presidency mercifully came to an end on April 4, 2025.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubled. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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