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How to use the word troubled in a Sentence? Page #5

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As a proud Italian-American, I am deeply troubled by the lack of action by the European Union and the way that Italy has been left to fend for itself very unfairly, europe can't decide to be unified some of the time and ignore important issues at other times.

De Blasio

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I was certainly troubled by all the allegations. And those allegations don't match our core values, certainly our student athletes need to be in an environment that's safe, that's healthy, that takes their well-being as primary importance.

Mike Thomas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm troubled to see yet another bank plead guilty to criminal charges only to turn around and ask federal regulators to allow it to continue doing businesses as if it has done nothing wrong, i hope that the Department of Labor appropriately scrutinizes this waiver request by Deutsche Bank, and I believe a public hearing would provide much needed transparency to an historically opaque process.

Maxine Waters

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In 2012, many super PACs had names that promoted conflict or struggle, focusing less on the future and more on a troubled present day, in 2012 the leadership was so determined to defeat the left-wing incumbent (President Barack Obama) that we never fully developed our own narrative.

Michael Wissot

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's often young, naive, impressionable, ignorant troubled youth who are dissatisfied with their life and are seeking a sense of belonging, and it's frankly the same social factors that lead to youth joining various gangs. I think ISIS is just another gang.

Hassan Shibly

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Those restrictions are unacceptable. Under such restrictions, the committee cannot perform its essential duties to evaluate and propose much-needed legislative reforms for this troubled agency.

Jason Chaffetz

Found on CNN
9 years ago

As you know this was unexpected incident involving a clearly troubled and disturbed individual.

New Orleans

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.

Robert M. Hensel

added by anonymous
9 years ago

We believe the biggest culprit for the weak month was the already-troubled VIP segment, ultimately, while we believe there was a pickup in VIP headcount, gaming volumes just weren't there.

Grant Govertsen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Right now, obviously, we are deeply troubled by all this, we stand behind our teacher Jill, who grew up in this studio.

Jai Braithwaite

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am troubled by the fervor, occasional glee, and potentially disproportionate fury emanating from an unusual assortment of allies now determined to end Brian’s storied career based on what we know today. This alliance of certaincapital-J journalists,conservative bloggers, and some who simply despise any rich and famous journalist are a formidable force.

Dan Abrams

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I saw a young woman who seemed really troubled, and the ticket agent continued to say, 'you can't take it on; you're going to have to check your bag,' she kept saying, 'I have a medical device I need to bring with me on the plane,' over and over, visibly upset.

Peggy Flanagan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This whole situation had troubled me a lot before proceeding into the creation of this video, but a monument's impact on society is always interesting to investigate, both at the time when it was built and also at the time it is being 'rediscovered.' So, I think that creating this 3D animation fits both aspects.

Dimitrios Tsalkanis

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Ismaaiyl was a very troubled young man whose life was in turmoil and spiraling out of control, we were estranged for a few years, with occasional contact. I am deeply sorry for the loss of the two innocent men who were killed, and offer my sincerest condolences to their families.

Shakuwra Dabre

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We're going to be troubled by this, i think the sailors are probably going to cross their fingers they aren't going to get sick.

Ben Remocker

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There is definitely a sense that people want to see a change, i hear these voices and I am troubled by the next elections and the coalition that could follow.

Danny Danon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generationmy generationknows from four very bitter experiences. Just as Americas will for peace is second to none, so will Americas strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.

Gerald Ford

added by anonymous
9 years ago

It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

added by anonymous
10 years ago

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought.

John Kenneth Galbraith

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There are those things that we find ourselves at ease to do in private,and as such form the most potent of our human nature.However such practices are,habitually,not of a virtuous parturition.We must find ourselves,in more ways than once,troubled by such practices,much concerning their unfittingness.When such happenings are fostered,they become fixative,and their most dangerous form comes when the mind is deluded,slowly as it has been learnt, into believing the previous to be right and acceptable.

lot chakonza

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.

Terry Lynn Taylor

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.

Arthur S. Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

added by anonymous
13 years ago

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

Chinese Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

One day at a time- this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.

Ida Scott Taylor.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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