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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Dean Kremer did his best to work around some troublesome defense.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2022
• Of course, winning a large amount of money can be life-changing for anyone, but the moment can prove to be troublesome for many.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• Sure, the reason the Clippers were able to acquire him for less than market value is troublesome.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• However, seeing them in person might be a bit more troublesome because the Moon is set to be so bright this year.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022
• The right side of the line was tissue-paper thin and hemorrhaged pressure at a troublesome rate throughout the playoffs.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2022
• Yet the financial picture is still troublesome on that side of the Potomac River.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• The Detroit Red Wings rang out 2023 by hosting an auld acquaintance – an old and troublesome one.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2023
• Some of the plans for the factory proved troublesome, according to Ms. Coleman.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
• The Huskies shot lights out in the tournament’s first two games when the rest of the field struggled, so the double-team proposition is troublesome for Arkansas.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• But for a Bulls team with LaVine and Caruso available and postseason goals looming on the horizon, this shouldn’t have been a troublesome matchup.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• Late last month, James Dolan, the company’s chairman, made clear how troublesome that was for the company.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• In one of its most troublesome effects, the storm closed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in both directions, shutting down the major highway link between the two sides of the bay.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• That’s troublesome to Crystal Hefner, who was married to the Playboy head from 2012 until his death.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
• Some things are for sure: Travel will be troublesome, and this mess of precipitation could be heavy at times.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024