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Example sentences for "troubled"

Lexicographically close words:
trottoirs; trou; troubadour; troubadours; trouble; troubler; troublers; troubles; troublesom; troublesome
  1. Some one has said that it is only the small men who are careful and troubled on the eve of a great battle.

  2. Still the gray-haired man hesitated, looking about him with those troubled eyes.

  3. Jacob Bailey turned the troubled eyes on him, seemed to hesitate; finally, clearing his throat, spoke in a slow, husky voice.

  4. Well, he was dead, that was what troubled him!

  5. Coventry and others who looked on me, did take me to be in one of my own, which I was a little troubled for: so to the Lodge and drank a cup of new milk, and so home.

  6. One word," interrupted the old fellow; "was he troubled on seeing the letters?

  7. The apparent rebellion of his prisoner troubled M.

  8. Claire had been too troubled herself, at first, to notice the magistrate's agitation.

  9. The loss of his overcoat only troubled him for a moment.

  10. Gerdy," he began, "the matters in connection with which you are troubled with appearing before me?

  11. The scruples which troubled him had filled his mind with phantoms, and had prompted in him the passionate animosity he had displayed at a certain moment.

  12. I was only troubled about the future, about what might happen afterwards.

  13. He hadn't been in bed, but was lying in a troubled sleep, upon a sofa, when we arrived.

  14. Tabaret's anticipations for him to appear troubled or discouraged.

  15. A thousand troubled and confused ideas jostled one another in inextricable confusion.

  16. This trifling tone in a magistrate, who was accused of being grave even to a fault, troubled the old man.

  17. He knew that he was troubled like a child, having neither his usual calmness nor foresight.

  18. One is so troubled at seeing those one loves laid low by illness.

  19. Neale was equally troubled with the Corner House girls over this, and he advised Ruth and Agnes to take the dog wherever they went.

  20. Ruth and Agnes, however, were really troubled by the meeting with the Gypsies; the former was, in addition, suspicious of the woman who had been on the train with them.

  21. She pushed off the raft suddenly, leaving the troubled dog on the bank.

  22. Tess was more troubled than her sister by this strange situation.

  23. She had been so used to going ahead, and arranging matters for the whole family, during the past three years, that she was not troubled much by this emergency.

  24. But the state of the unchristened kittens--the youngest family of Sandyface--troubled her exceedingly.

  25. And Agnes did not understand entirely, and was much troubled over the identity of the girl who had befriended her sisters in so strange a fashion.

  26. For knowing they were complete strangers to Morton, and probably knew little of its traditions, it was thought very unlikely they would be troubled by anything uncanny.

  27. When St. David of blessed memory lay dying his soul was greatly troubled by the thought of his people, who would soon be bereft of his pious care and exhortations.

  28. How manifold, the inheritance of woe Drawn from the troubled fountain of our birth!

  29. When I should reach my bourne, And find repose and refuge with the Powers Of reverend name, my troubled life should end With blessing to the men who sheltered me, And curses on their race who banished me and sent me wandering forth.

  30. When he grew up he was troubled by a rumour that he was not his father's son.

  31. Of this he rode to give earnest warning, and his face was troubled and anxious, though the outdoor life had given it a brown vigour which had been lacking before.

  32. But the breath of it beat upon her soul, and troubled it to the depths.

  33. There was an infinite troubled loneliness behind the pride in her eyes, and it smote him through his anger.

  34. The peace had left them now, and they were troubled to the depths, and brimmed with tears.

  35. Moved by such themes, the impulses of his genius shot forth, by day and night, from his troubled brain, electric sparks or streams of light, like blazing meteors.

  36. You shan't be troubled with me these ten years, if ever.

  37. The Morea was troubled by the hostilities between Colocotroni's men and Government factions.

  38. In this great downy Chair, your pretty little Husband Elect is to sit and hear all the Complaints of the Town: One of Wisdom's chief Recompences being to be constantly troubled with the Business of Fools.

  39. I wish he were; then I shou'd be troubled no more with him.

  40. I know the way to ease Thy troubled heart, and mitigate thy pains, Marcus, believe me, I could die to do it.

  41. In less dexterous hands the decadent idea, what there was of it, went entirely to pieces, which nobody has troubled to pick up.

  42. The sea of Tennyson's mind was troubled under its serene surface.

  43. I sent them to the house whence the funeral was to proceed, and the undertaker sent word that he could not be troubled with such little creatures, and that unless I attended myself the children could not go.

  44. To adopt the opinions of others was thought quite enough, without the child being troubled to think for itself, and to form an opinion of its own.

  45. But the general war in Europe which had troubled the peace of the old world for so many years, had now drawn to a close, and a peace was once more, for a while re-established.

  46. So doth the troubled soul itself distress, And choke the fountain in the wilderness.

  47. To each troubled soul that liveth, Peace at length.

  48. A troubled look was in her eyes; She answered, as in vague surprise, As though the sense to her were dim.

  49. O King of peace, this peace bestow Upon a stranger here below; O God of peace, thy peace impart, To every sad and troubled heart.

  50. So many troubled hearts to soothe, So many pathways rough to smooth, So many comforting words to say, To the hearts that falter along the way.

  51. From out the torrent's troubled drift, Above the storm our prayers we lift: Thy will be done!

  52. O troubled over many things, Choose thou the better part; Service unconscious of itself, And childlikeness of heart.

  53. Oh, be in God's clear world no dark and troubled sprite!

  54. Thrice comfortable hope, That calms my troubled breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup And what he wills is best.

  55. Let not your heart be troubled, Jesus said; Let not your heart be troubled or afraid.

  56. He had noticed and thought it significant that she spoke more of the brother whom she had lost several years ago than of the lover who had perished recently; but, from whatever cause it sprung, her distress troubled him.

  57. His forehead and hands were torn and he was conscious of a bad ache in his back where a hoof had struck, but these things scarcely troubled him.

  58. She blamed herself bitterly in a half-dazed fashion, but it was only afterward she realized that she had not been troubled by any very poignant sense of loss.

  59. It was spoken with a grave regretfulness that troubled Nasmyth and yet stirred him to strong appreciation of her character.

  60. His troubled expression confirmed it; and she was strangely pleased.

  61. As it happened, Clarence was then sitting in a luxurious parlor-car as a big west-bound train sped through the forests of Ontario, but his face was troubled and he felt ill at ease.

  62. Taking it all round, she was rather troubled in mind.

  63. She was, however, troubled by a recurrence of the unpleasant sense of guilt when he disappeared; it was difficult to persuade herself that she had been quite honest, and the difficulty was new to her.

  64. He asked himself why a girl with her assurance should have troubled to offer him an explanation.

  65. For the next month or two he would be almost constantly in Millicent's company; her companions were his friends, and he thought that he would not be troubled by Gladwyne's presence.

  66. He felt very sore as he remembered how much he owed Batley, but this troubled him less than the downright abhorrence of Gladwyne which had suddenly possessed him.

  67. For the last hour he had been thinking over the discoveries he had made on the journey, which he devoutly wished he had never undertaken; the thought of them had troubled him on other bitter nights.

  68. There was something in his voice that troubled her, and, though she had expected it, she shrank from the intimation of his departure.

  69. The German as a German is in a troubled mental state.

  70. It was a very simple device, but perfectly effective, as I think any one will find who employs it in like circumstances; and I would really like to commend it to growing boys troubled as I was then.

  71. I cannot say at what times I read these books, but they must have been odd times, for life was very full of play then, and was already beginning to be troubled with work.

  72. Turn out of their courses and eschew them, step forth of their ways and do not resemble them; meanwhile, let me be no more troubled by you, but leave me now in silence, I beseech you.

  73. And the doubt that troubled his brain was to know whether he should cry for the death of his wife or laugh for the joy of his son.

  74. They are troubled with all manner of distempers; and, indeed, all distempers are engendered and proceed from ventosities, as Hippocrates demonstrates, lib.

  75. Now, as Bigot explained it to me, this was to signify that she was not of the nature of other women; for they have all the moon at their heads, and consequently their brains are always troubled with a lunacy.

  76. For there is no virtuous man in the world who both naturally and with good reason will not be more hugely troubled in mind, hearing of the news of the rapt, disgrace, ignominy, and dishonour of his daughter, than of her death.

  77. No vibrations troubled the picture which the cliffs, the caves, the buildings, presented in the dazzling glare.

  78. The more he tried to think over these matters, the more troubled his mind became.

  79. Yes, Hayoue was the friend in need he so anxiously desired to find, and now that he had found him he resolved to seize upon the first opportunity of consulting him on the subject that so seriously troubled his mind.

  80. Hayoue saw the candour of the boy and it troubled him.

  81. The child is half afraid, half curious; and has an anxious, troubled look.

  82. In the troubled state of her mind she had failed to destroy or even remove them.

  83. The white road was as empty as a noon-day dream; its whiteness only troubled by one moving object, as noon-day dreams are often troubled by one persistent, inappreciable idea.

  84. She paused for a moment as if thoughts troubled her; then went on: "And yet I think you say too much.

  85. She raised the weapon in the air, and Robert's troubled soul assured him that she meant to strike, that she meant to die.

  86. There was one here but now," Perpetua answered, "a fugitive from the city, whose coming troubled me.

  87. He asked himself why they were there, and could not answer the question; yet some memory seemed to be trying to assert itself in his troubled brain, and he watched what followed vaguely as one shackled by sleep.

  88. Then, seeing that the boys were really troubled by their thanks, they tactfully turned the subject, and the boys, whose bashfulness soon wore off, enjoyed a jolly evening.

  89. It was like magic to see the way in which the oil calmed the troubled sea.

  90. I am the father of a family and am looked up to by the authorities.

  91. From the very first conversation he satisfied himself that she did not know Mme.

  92. The liquidation of her debts, which followed on her decease and the division of her property, brought Acquet de FĂ©rolles' daughters to Tournebut, all three of whom were well married.

  93. The next day when Licquet came to visit her she noticed that his face wore a troubled expression.

  94. It came down rapidly, Gousset not having troubled to put on the brake.

  95. Unfortunately, he was much troubled with rheumatism, and for some time nearly lamed by it.

  96. Only by assuming that this Republic wished to fish in troubled waters can we find a key to the events of 1467.


  97. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "troubled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.