How to Use troubled in a Sentence

troubled

adjective
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  • These have been troubled times.
  • She seemed troubled about something.
  • What if there had been more resources to help a troubled teen?
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The Panthers tend to shy away from prospects with troubled backgrounds.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • As troubled as the town’s present is, its past is just as turbulent.
    — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Josiah, who had already had the closest brush with the FBI among the three young men, was perhaps the most troubled.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The troubled site was given to the church in the 1950s by the family of oil baron Edward Doheny.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • The moment when the dad gets the call telling him whether his daughter is dead or alive will rip the heart out of any parent with a troubled child.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • But after the passage of the Parental Rights bill, the already troubled project was thrown into chaos.
    — Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • At home, Saoirse grew up into a lonely and troubled teen.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2022
  • My mom comes from a place, Burma, aka Myanmar, which is deeply, deeply troubled.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Frizzell is troubled, too, by the endemic reckless driving in the city.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That leaves the Pac-12 with nine schools — for now — and no media rights deal beyond the upcoming school year with the Big Ten again eyeing the troubled league.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And seven American kids who were sent to a school for troubled teens are stuck in Jamaica.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The strike, which has brought production of commercial jets to a near-halt, is the first at the troubled aircraft maker in 16 years.
    — Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Amy is nice on the surface and more troubled, a little lost, underneath.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
  • However, the space agency hasn’t completely shut the door on the troubled craft.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The story is set in a wilderness camp for troubled teens and tells of a 13-year-old boy named Ben who is sent there as part of a reform program.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Indeed, the cops had repeatedly signalled an impulse to chalk the case up as the suicide of a troubled kid.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The troubled bank said clients are still withdrawing assets.
    — Jamey Keaten, ajc, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Learning that Shuo comes from a troubled background, Wei’s parents welcome this boy to spend more time in their home.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The two have a troubled relationship, and going in on this contest seems to be their attempt to heal it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
  • This requires a hell of a performance from Scott, who more than delivers as the troubled Skye.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • That’s not the only film dealing with the country’s troubled racial history.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But in the end, who could criticize her for wanting the freedom to choose that troubled bargain for herself?
    — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Thiel is hardly the first to view Bitcoin as a survival currency in troubled times.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • About half of those troubled properties were hotels, according to the study by Trepp LLC.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And why should parents trust you with the business of the school district given this troubled history?
    — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As men shout and jeer, her confident smile falters, replaced by a troubled frown.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
  • The plot focuses on Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), a troubled young pop star mounting a comeback after a public battle with substance abuse.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024

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