How to Use troubling in a Sentence

troubling

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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
• 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
• The design award comes amid a torrent of troubling news.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Of all the operations, researchers said the targeting of the midterms was the most troubling.
  — Dustin Volz, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
• To make things even more troubling, just like in the movie, the morals of these real life clergy are just as questionable.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• But beneath the surface, things have started to look more troubling.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
• Experts share the red flags and describe how to cope with troubling moments that might occur.
  — Maressa Brown, Parents, 6 July 2023
• But as Baribeau took on more cases, there were more troubling outcomes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
• The raw materials for these components are often sourced in troubling ways.
  — Vince Beiser, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
• Wages lost ground in Arizona last month, and sustained manufacturing job losses are particularly troubling.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024