Examples of troubled in a Sentence
She seemed troubled about something.
These have been troubled times.
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Following the incident, Walters sent a former Green Beret soldier to retrieve her daughter and bring her to a school in Idaho for troubled teens, where the teenager remained for the next three years.
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 12 June 2025
Although an acclaimed 2014 biopic, Love & Mercy, chronicled the musician’s rise, fall and return to relative stability, the magnitude of Wilson’s work towers above his legend as a troubled genius.
—Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
The announcement of his death today at the age of 82 silences one of the most transcendent musical voices of his generation — a deeply troubled man-child whose best music exuded joy and beauty with a unique combination of sophistication and wide-eyed youthful wonder.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Read the latest in our reporting on the troubled tech firm, from the Tribune’s A.D. Quig and David Jackson of Injustice Watch.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 12 June 2025
Although an acclaimed 2014 biopic, Love & Mercy, chronicled the musician’s rise, fall and return to relative stability, the magnitude of Wilson’s work towers above his legend as a troubled genius.
—Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
The announcement of his death today at the age of 82 silences one of the most transcendent musical voices of his generation — a deeply troubled man-child whose best music exuded joy and beauty with a unique combination of sophistication and wide-eyed youthful wonder.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Read the latest in our reporting on the troubled tech firm, from the Tribune’s A.D. Quig and David Jackson of Injustice Watch.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubled. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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