How to Use trouble spot in a Sentence

trouble spot

noun
  • The big trouble spot centered on how much people spend for rent and housing.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Stocks crash Wall Street would probably be the first trouble spot.
    — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • Pressing a warm, damp washcloth or towel onto your trouble spot can be a great way to bring down the swelling.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But Chavez noted the state’s Central Coast could also be a trouble spot due to its immense fuels that have yet to burn.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The media unit has become a trouble spot for its parent, which has switched out top executives at the agency with great frequency in recent years.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 May 2025
  • North Texas is gearing up for a messy stretch of weather, and Sunday afternoon is shaping up to be the biggest trouble spot.
    — Damien Lodes, CBS News, 13 June 2026
  • City officials said the shooting happened in a middle-class neighborhood that authorities did not view as a trouble spot.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • This has been a trouble spot for Roborock for a couple of generations, and the Saros 10 struggled with this test as well.
    — PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • Kicking was a trouble spot at times last season, and Saturday’s spring game probably didn’t provide any answers.
    — Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Another trouble spot is the center support—wooden slats or metal beams can move under the weight of whoever is sleeping on it, causing the wood to rub against the frame.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
  • But 79 games into the season, the Sox are second in the majors in errors with 53, and shortstop has been their biggest trouble spot.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • The northbound right-turn lane was the biggest trouble spot, accounting for 558 violations, nearly two-thirds of the lane-wise total.
    — Theo Karantsalis, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • Another trouble spot is the bluff-top coastal tracks in Del Mar, where federal, state and local agencies have been working for years to stabilize the cliffs.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Egg prices have been a trouble spot for food prices while other costs at the grocery store have moderated as inflation as a whole has nearly returned to normal levels of 2% year-over-year.
    — Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The quirky handbag brand has been a trouble spot for Tapestry for some time and led to $855 million in asset and goodwill impairment charges in the quarter.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Cruise might have a problem with intersections Enlarge Cruise’s other trouble spot is intersections.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Over-the-Rhine, another trouble spot, has recorded 78 violent incidents so far this year, compared to 80 last year.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Over-the-Rhine, another trouble spot, has recorded 78 violent incidents so far this year, compared to 80 last year.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Despite Ford’s storied history in Highland Park, Area C remains a trouble spot.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Apartment buildings, long considered a real-estate haven, are emerging as the next major trouble spot in the beleaguered commercial-property world.
    — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The state Department of Conservation and Recreation wrote on social media last week that the road is another trouble spot for truckers.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Southwestern Wyoming had been identified as a potential trouble spot by federal aviation forecasters earlier in the day.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That stretch of Highway 17 had long been a trouble spot, with drivers attempting to make a left turn onto northbound Highway 17 from the Cats driveway.
    — Bay City News, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The changes seek to increase diversity in the field, ramp up oversight on agreements between marijuana businesses and municipalities — a chronic trouble spot for the young industry — and move closer to social pot consumption sites.
    — Sam Drysdale, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Long wait times for callers seeking help from the Social Security Administration's workforce was identified as a trouble spot in the agency's most recent annual performance report.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The purpose of the 34 mile pipeline from Middletown to Montville is to increase pressure in the existing distribution system and enable the company to continue gas service in the event of a failure by bypassing the trouble spot.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Another trouble spot could be state disability determination services, which make medical decisions on whether people applying for Social Security disability payments qualify for them, Romig said.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023

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