How to Use troubleshoot in a Sentence

troubleshoot

verb
  • The job isn’t to be the bowl boss but to troubleshoot and promote.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Give yourself time to troubleshoot and find the best spot in your space.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Offer to help troubleshoot live deals.
    — Greg Peters, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But that is just troubleshooting.
    — Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • That leads you to ask more questions and dig deeper to troubleshoot.
    — Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • Here's how to get yours, and how to troubleshoot common problems.
    — Medea Giordano, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • If not work, then on making progress in your health journey, or on troubleshooting your life in some way.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Apr. 2024
  • If that happens to you when checking out with an Aerie code, there are a few ways to troubleshoot.
    — Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
  • The mechanic had not left his seat to show off or troubleshoot any emergency.
    — Andrea Pitzer, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Students will learn to wire avionics as well as to troubleshoot and repair wiring issues.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, most users do not need to troubleshoot this manually.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • While the team was able to troubleshoot that, they were stymied by an engine that refused to cool properly.
    — WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Casto came down from the wheelhouse, and joined Grant and other crew to troubleshoot the leak.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • For the employer, this can create an easy, rapid way to troubleshoot challenges.
    — Samir Wagle, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The idea, says Christensen, is to be able to troubleshoot issues that can cause big delays.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This is the time to troubleshoot any potential problem areas.
    — Ana Colón, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Was a hair-trigger abort necessary to keep the crew alive, or might there be time in the landing to troubleshoot the alarm?
    — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 5 July 2019
  • The announcement came after hours working to troubleshoot the leak.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Engineers will troubleshoot that issue to come up with a fix for a downstream spacewalk.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 1 July 2020
  • Knowing when and how to restart or reset your router can help you troubleshoot problems and keep your devices online.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • After all, the point is to troubleshoot any parts in your podcast that may need further editing or re-recording.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • In some ways, almost no clinic staffers are better equipped to troubleshoot a crisis than those in Texas.
    — Marie Solis, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Here's how to troubleshoot yellowing leaves on your philodendron and restore your plant to health.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Our Test Kitchen pros explain how to light a propane grill, then describe how to troubleshoot when a gas grill won't light.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The idea was to create a flexible operation that can troubleshoot on the fly.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Engineers back on Earth worked with the life-sized copy of the rover back on Earth to troubleshoot the issue.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2022
  • While gathering around a kitchen table to troubleshoot is ideal, distance often gets in the way.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Three maintenance workers, attempting to troubleshoot the leak, were the first killed.
    — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 23 July 2021
  • Hours of my trip were wasted by just trying to troubleshoot poor performance and disconnects.
    — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Hours of my trip were wasted by just trying to troubleshoot poor performance and disconnects.
    — PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025

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