Use troubled in a sentence | example usage from the newswires — Page #6

Editorial »

How to use the word troubled in a Sentence? Page #6

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

133 results found

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. – Washington Irving	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure. – Johann von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought. – John Kenneth Galbraith	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind. – Mary Wortley Montagu	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt. – Henri Frdric Amiel	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them. – Epictetus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I never reprimand a boy in the evening-darkness and a troubled mind are a poor combination. – Frank L. Boyden	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I am often troubled as I try hard here to create a new sense of common purpose ... that sometimes we forget that we are all in this because we are seeking a good that helps all Americans. – William Jefferson Clinton	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them--if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry. – J. D. Salinger	added by anonymous 14 years ago
'We were making the future,' he said, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is'. – H. G. Wells	added by anonymous 14 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 14 years ago
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. – Arthur Golden	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Are we missing a good definition for troubled? Don't keep it to yourself...

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Browse Definitions.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Quiz

Are you a words master?

»

an impression that something might be the case

A hunch

B anil

C elan

D germ