Troubled means Anxious, worried, careworn. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like nervous or anxious.
Troubled meaning
- Anxious, worried, careworn.
- Afflicted by difficulties.
Example sentences (20)
Enthusiasts were troubled but not deterred by the difficulties of long-term tracking of generations of children.
It's just a very troubled economy, and we're looking for green shoots to start there, and we just have not seen signs.
Last offseason, general manager Andrew Berry orchestrated a trade to obtain troubled quarterback Deshaun Watson.
And it certainly does have merit as a primer for the class, ethnic and religious unrest that besets the troubled state.
If troubled youth is characteristic of a sensitive soul, Marsalis, who turned pro at 14, was having none of it.
I’m troubled, however, by the column’s closing point, which is about how pedestrians can keep themselves safe.
He will first visit the troubled British province, before travelling to the Republic of Ireland - his ancestral homeland.
Olivia Horton as Jane Crenna - Jane Crenna is a woman who is troubled to a traumatic level by demonic forces.
One of the things that has troubled me about this conversation is that a lot of sound bites put one face on the unhoused.
I know the abortion issue troubled him, but I don’t think he wanted the government to make those decisions.
Last month a troubled and unknown country musician got to his knees and tearfully made a pledge that would change his life.
Mr Trump is expected to turn himself in at the Fulton County jail, which has long been a troubled facility.
He added that casinos, limited payout machines and online betting have been strangely immune to the troubled economic times.
Not only was he one of the youngest and poorest of the group but he also came from a troubled family life.
Investigators took a lengthy look into Bill and Hillary Clinton’s investments in the troubled Whitewater real estate venture.
Norma describes the biracial Maya as adrift and troubled (“lifestyle choices, I believe they call them”).
But some who said they were troubled also noted that students were often punished, sometimes harshly, for similar infractions.
Dr Tim Cooksley, from the Society of Acute Medicine, said: “We are heading for extremely troubled times.
He said: “The whole educational community in Luton is saddened and troubled by these recent incidents.
On the other hand, in Ketari Bagan area too, people were troubled due to power cut throughout the day.
Common combinations with troubled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the troubled 48×
- troubled by 25×
- is troubled 7×
- was troubled 6×
- with troubled 6×
- have troubled 5×
- troubled past 5×
- and troubled 5×
- of troubled 5×
- her troubled 4×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word troubled. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.