troubled - use in sentences

Preposition: in

  • way: People who experience psychogenic seizures usually do so because they are psychologically or emotionally troubled in some way.

Modifies a noun

  • teen: The troubled teen, who his parents feared would be inside by his 16th birthday, has turned his life around.
  • conscience: Nor does Laurenson fully bring out the Duke's dark side, yet he sporadically reveals a deeply troubled conscience.
  • teenager: The Ace character was a troubled teenager from West London.
  • soul: How often do silent requests rise from our troubled souls?
  • diva: Apparently troubled diva will donate £ 1 to Comic Relief for every song we post linking back to his disco loveliness.
  • childhood: David doesn't curse his family, or lay the blame on his troubled childhood.

Modifying Another Word

  • financially: Are we experiencing a quiet revolution in the market for financially troubled businesses?
  • deeply: Case material showing how famous child analysts worked with deeply troubled children in ways which transformed their lives will be used.
  • emotionally: Emotionally troubled parents frequently reinforce skewed interpretations with abuse.
  • rarely: Explosions and gunfire are often too muted and the sub-woofer is rarely troubled.
  • greatly: We read, she was " greatly troubled " .
  • somewhat: And this should go some way to erasing any doubts caused by the movie's somewhat troubled past.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: They don't seem troubled by the death of detox, either.
  • look: The Malaysian never looked troubled during the encounter which lasted 35 minutes.
  • feel: If women feel troubled after abortion they should seek help from a licensed mental health provider.
  • remain: But I remain troubled by the lingering moral issues which, to my mind, remain unresolved... .
  • become: A number of years ago, I was becoming increasingly troubled by the mindless weekly trip to the supermarket.
  • get: In between we got troubled by " Spiny Normans " .

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