How to Use troubling in a Sentence
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Spin the wheel and pick the most troubling thing to come out of this trip to the desert.
— Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024 -
But the longer-term fate of Gaza is the most troubling question of all.
— Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023 -
The loss of so many birds is troubling in its own right.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023 -
That’s a troubling thought for a team on a 10-game losing streak.
— Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024 -
Yeah, the thing about the Mexican judge—that was troubling.
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022 -
And there were troubling signs elsewhere in the report.
— Marie Solis, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023 -
What the Hur report and the Biden speech reveal is far more troubling.
— Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024 -
Even more troubling is the Seminoles were 0-for-4 on third downs of 9-or-more yards.
— Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022 -
In the biggest game, the most troubling issued showed again.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022 -
The design award comes amid a torrent of troubling news.
— Steve Mollman, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Even more troubling are those who may have answered the ad.
— Daina Ramey Berry, Chron, 30 May 2022 -
But this year, keep in mind, among Black voters, that could be very troubling for the Democrats.
— NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024 -
And in each case, the latest indictment has been more troubling than the last.
— Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023 -
What’s troubling is that our leaders have lost sight of this.
— Rick Scott, WSJ, 20 June 2022 -
Madame Web joins a troubling trend for the superhero genre.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024 -
The tweet is the latest in a string of troubling social media posts from West.
— Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022 -
The most troubling aspect of this would be the most obvious.
— Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022 -
That’s not the case today but the numbers remain troubling.
— Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023 -
But even as the Pill gets safer, some troubling questions remain.
— Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024 -
The numbers around Covid cases look a bit more troubling.
— NBC News, 17 Apr. 2022 -
As more drivers returned to the roads in 2021, troubling trends began to emerge.
— Bill Madison, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 -
And so that's what's really puzzling and troubling to all of us.
— Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024 -
But the more troubling issue for the Grizzlies is what’s going on off the court with their star player Ja Morant.
— Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023 -
It was framed as an issue of morality, right, which is the most troubling thing.
— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022 -
So, while this data may be troubling, there’s no need to panic just yet.
— Christopher Decker, The Conversation, 15 May 2024 -
More troubling is the draining of nearly $110 billion from the smaller banks.
— Bill Stone, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Which now brings up troubling questions about the future.
— Bill Carter, CNN, 3 Oct. 2022 -
Ask yourself why death and dying are troubling you so much right now.
— Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 -
The allegations in this lawsuit are arguably even more troubling than Rashada’s.
— Joe Sabin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 -
In November, samples of raw milk from California were found to contain the H5N1 virus — an especially troubling development considering its increase in popularity over the past year.
— Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
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