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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 producers of the show received a troubling phone call from Antwon Mans in 2023.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The most troubling aspect of this would be the most obvious.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The Padres could be a perfect fit for Sasaki in many ways, but the timing of a mess in Aisle 4 seems troubling.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • All of the above would be troubling if the U.S. existed in a vacuum.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • And so that's what's really puzzling and troubling to all of us.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • This last idea should be the most troubling for European security and Ukrainian sovereignty.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But perhaps the most troubling disconnection Pistorius is forced to face is his relationship with his own mother.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025

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