How to Use troubled in a Sentence

troubled

adjective

• These have been troubled times.
• She seemed troubled about something.
• For [the slaves] the 'troubled waters' meant the ups and downs, the vicissitudes of life.
  — Shamira Ibrahi, Allure, 17 Sep. 2021
• My boyfriend had a hard home life and was a troubled youth growing up.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2021
• What if there had been more resources to help a troubled teen?
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• His team had lost, but Williams didn’t seem too troubled by the outcome.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• The Panthers tend to shy away from prospects with troubled backgrounds.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• That has to give you more concern that there may be more troubled buildings in the area.
  — NBC News, 27 June 2021
• Grant’s account and court records show Amani had a troubled past.
  — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Nov. 2021
• But behind the chants and cheering lies a troubled past.
  — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025
• All seemed to be going well, but then came the first sign of troubled waters.
  — Emiko Jozuka, Selina Wang and Junko Ogura, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
• As troubled as the town’s present is, its past is just as turbulent.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Others, before the scandal of the manger, might feel deeply troubled.
  — CNN, 1 Jan. 2022
• Josiah, who had already had the closest brush with the FBI among the three young men, was perhaps the most troubled.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• The troubled site was given to the church in the 1950s by the family of oil baron Edward Doheny.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• The moment when the dad gets the call telling him whether his daughter is dead or alive will rip the heart out of any parent with a troubled child.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 6 July 2023
• But after the passage of the Parental Rights bill, the already troubled project was thrown into chaos.
  — Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
• The film perpetuates the cliché of the troubled and mad artist that pervades biopics of famous artists.
  — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• At home, Saoirse grew up into a lonely and troubled teen.
  — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2022
• Last year’s ban wasn’t the first time Shein found itself in troubled waters in India.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2021
• My mom comes from a place, Burma, aka Myanmar, which is deeply, deeply troubled.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2022
• Frizzell is troubled, too, by the endemic reckless driving in the city.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Arizona State corner back joined the Sun Devils three years ago trying to over come a troubled past.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022
• This meant that the troubled video game retailer was worth roughly the same on paper as Tyson Foods, 7-Eleven, and Hyundai.
  — Tom Hebert, National Review, 21 Feb. 2022
• That leaves the Pac-12 with nine schools — for now — and no media rights deal beyond the upcoming school year with the Big Ten again eyeing the troubled league.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• The New York Times quoted Lukens as part of a story about the process through which the troubled company went public.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 14 July 2021
• Wilmore and Williams arrived at the station in June aboard the troubled Starliner for what was supposed to be a 10-day stay.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• And seven American kids who were sent to a school for troubled teens are stuck in Jamaica.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• In the present, tension builds around troubled rehearsals of a program that includes musical numbers where Cooper is flanked by male dancers.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 10 June 2025
• This morning’s must reads Other must reads At a troubled fashion company, workers found community.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025