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troubling

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verb

present participle of trouble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of troubling
Adjective
Susan Long Orlando Green energy’s future is bleak There are many troubling aspects to President Trump’s second term (tariffs and the constant flipflopping on them, the weird obsession with Harvard, and so on). Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025 Multiple legal, privacy, and immigration experts described the findings as deeply troubling. Dhruv Mehrotra, Wired News, 29 May 2025 The majority of patients who have received chemotherapy have cited hair loss as the most troubling adverse event and the biggest source of sadness: even more traumatic than losing a breast. Eva Epker, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 The incident marked another troubling incident as downtown tries to recover from the pandemic. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for troubling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubling
Adjective
  • Nothing has officially happened yet, but the tension is disturbing with the consequences potentially devastating.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2025
  • That’s a quite disturbing possibility since AGI could wield such an act on a scale of immense magnitude and with globally adverse consequences.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • Overweight and obesity need to be treated safely and effectively to avoid that worrying forecast.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Truly pocket sized and weighing just 165g, FiiO says this is the ideal travel companion thanks to 12 hours of battery life and a two-hour fast-charge mode.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Recreationally, Schnell drives vehicles weighing more than 12,000 pounds for stadiums packed with fans.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For Armstrong, capturing the humanity of these men paints a more unsettling portrait than pure billionaire-trolling might.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • The main case under investigation is unsettling and satisfyingly intricate, with ample thematic connections to Morck, Akram and Rose’s respective forms of psychological damage.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The ensuing action is gory and frightening — and even Wong got a little spooked by Hawkins.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 31 May 2025
  • This is incredibly damaging to career prospects and, given how little knowledge exists in mainstream medical and occupational health circles, can feel confusing and frightening for those who don’t know where to turn for advice.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Representative Mike Lawler of New York, who has hinted at ambitions for a governor bid in 2026, according to the New York Post, will need to walk a fine line between appeasing his party and not upsetting potential voters in his home state, which could put him at odds with Republicans.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • These weeds require control to prevent upsetting the entire turf ecosystem.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubling. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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