How to Use troubled in a Sentence

troubled

adjective
  • 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
  • His team had lost, but Williams didn’t seem too troubled by the outcome.
    New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The Panthers tend to shy away from prospects with troubled backgrounds.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Grant’s account and court records show Amani had a troubled past.
    Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Nov. 2021
  • As troubled as the town’s present is, its past is just as turbulent.
    Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Others, before the scandal of the manger, might feel deeply troubled.
    CNN, 1 Jan. 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
  • The Arizona State corner back joined the Sun Devils three years ago trying to over come a troubled past.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022
  • This meant that the troubled video game retailer was worth roughly the same on paper as Tyson Foods, 7-Eleven, and Hyundai.
    Tom Hebert, National Review, 21 Feb. 2022
  • 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 | Mheim@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Wilmore and Williams arrived at the station in June aboard the troubled Starliner for what was supposed to be a 10-day stay.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • At times, the trial and the media coverage seemed to focus more on the mistakes of the troubled teen than the officer who killed him.
    Washington Post, 11 May 2022
  • Over the next two decades, their cars became a status symbol for Hollywood celebrities and heads of state, but by 1928, Studebaker gained control of the troubled company.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Wednesday’s brief outlined a troubled life that included James’ father introducing him to drugs and alcohol as a child.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025

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