How to Use troublesome in a Sentence

troublesome

adjective

• My mother was the more fiery one, the more troublesome one.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 July 2022
• In Jeudy’s case, the troublesome part of his run was his initial 5 to 10 yards.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 20 Feb. 2020
• The starting point guard hasn’t played in a game in 12 weeks because of a troublesome back.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2020
• Far more things worked than not in Sharon’s approach, but there were a few troublesome spots.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• When the grass starts to grow in the spring, the greening grass will expose a troublesome, unwanted weed.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2023
• Among teenagers, the numbers are even more troublesome.
  — WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023
• It’s not just the historic amount of money that is troublesome.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
• Tobin found the fact that Schiff did not support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war troublesome.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Many of them are less troublesome than a few toddlers living in the building.
  — Dorothy Dworkin, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• This army was enlisted for but a year, and the whole troublesome process would have to be repeated at the end of 1776.
  — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 June 2021
• To avoid any slow downs and troublesome laces, consider switching to a pair of slip-on shoes.
  — Lauren Burvill, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2023
• What’s troublesome: 20% margins of net income to sales are far too big to last.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2021
• Wheat is troublesome, but cornmeal, buckwheat, and rice play a role in these recipes.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
• The troublesome trend is spelled out in research by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• The big issue was that getting to those hard-to-reach areas was troublesome.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
• Getting the fire going with wood pellets was a bit troublesome for our tester, who used a fire starter to start things up.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
• But the storm this weekend will usher in more widespread and troublesome.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
• Like any open-world game, each has flaws and troublesome bugs, but these are outweighed by the scope of their respected quests.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
• But when there’s a delay or a busy period, this can prove to be troublesome.
  — Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
• But the trends were most troublesome in Southern Illinois.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2022
• Since then, the effects have been more than slightly troublesome.
  — Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2019
• The troublesome nature of things with Preller, however, might have felt like too much for all to overcome.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• But more troublesome is a new statistic that shows a high rate of worker injuries.
  — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
• Here are a few tips for how to handle some of the most commonly troublesome kitchen textures.
  — Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2020
• Growing up, Halloween was my favorite night of the year and Christmas was a troublesome time.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2019
• Flooding was a massive issue for the coastal region and has already proven to be troublesome over the past few months.
  — Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN, 16 June 2021
• The question is whether there’s a market for Walker because of his troublesome past two years.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• Mender Garcia proved troublesome for the Timbers all night.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022
• Even with the few ballots cast, vote counting proved troublesome.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• And if that wasn’t troublesome enough, the offensive line would have had protection issues if Tagovailoa didn’t have such a quick trigger.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025