How to Use troubling in a Sentence

troubling

adjective

• 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
• In the fall of 2019, five new and troubling cases were brought to the board.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• 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
• More troubling, the recall and the prospect of Bolt fires has spread.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
• The past has been politicized in new and troubling ways.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Feb. 2022
• And what’s the most troubling part about that statement?
  — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2021
• Block was the last of the three to report, and the high-level numbers were troubling.
  — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
• 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
• There are troubling signs that this year’s wildfires and heat may be the worst yet.
  — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
• Also troubling, for the fifth straight game ASU did not record a sack.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
• In the biggest game, the most troubling issued showed again.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022
• So far, the answer appears to be both, and that's a very troubling sign.
  — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
• 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
• For Noret, though, there was a glaring and troubling gap.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• 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 producers of the show received a troubling phone call from Antwon Mans in 2023.
  — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
• Instagram can be a dark and troubling place for the minds of our kids, my teen clients tell me.
  — John Duffy, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
• Investors were forced to reckon with troubling signs from around the globe.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2021
• Even more troubling is the possibility that the new town could use the power of eminent domain to legally seize his land for a project deemed to be in the public interest.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
• According to the American Cancer Society, women under 50 are now 82% more likely than men of the same age to be diagnosed with cancer — a troubling national trend that’s playing out locally as well.
  — Carolyn Bhakta, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025