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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And with rare diseases, case numbers don't need to be high to be troubling.
    — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • If your child’s identity is troubling you, reach out to another parent who has made peace with it.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 11 May 2025
  • Even beyond the legal angle, this chaotic tariff regime reveals something more troubling: a total absence of strategic thinking.
    — Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025

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