How to Use troubling in a Sentence

troubling

adjective
  • All are troubling and all have long been on our radar.
    — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • But Asaro sees a more troubling gray zone.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Still, Dhillon finds the bill troubling.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2026
  • The deficit is already on a troubling path this year.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • The deficit is already on a troubling path this year.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • The outlook for the months ahead is troubling.
    — Scott Wiener, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • What’s troubling is that our leaders have lost sight of this.
    — Rick Scott, WSJ, 20 June 2022
  • But that vote had troubling outcome for her.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Spin the wheel and pick the most troubling thing to come out of this trip to the desert.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The jobs picture is very, very troubling.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That is, at least, some good news, amid so many troubling reports.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Aug. 2025
  • There are troubling signs that this year’s wildfires and heat may be the worst yet.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • And there are other troubling signs.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is a troubling message for a novel to send.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The data of the last 10 years is even more troubling.
    — Ann Korchak, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Despite all the troubling news and events around the world, there are still good things around us.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That is deeply troubling for a structure the size of a football field.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 23 June 2026
  • Even more troubling has been the tone of the campaign itself.
    — Andrea Levine O’Rourke, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • What is lost There are absences that feel more troubling.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
  • More troubling, the recall and the prospect of Bolt fires has spread.
    — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
  • More troubling, the delta between a smash and a dud has never been wider.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2026
  • But the longer-term fate of Gaza is the most troubling question of all.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
  • What’s driving this troubling trend?
    — Bryan T. Kelly, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Investors were forced to reckon with troubling signs from around the globe.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2021
  • There’s something even more troubling.
    — Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • Even more troubling, weak oversight opened the door to scandal and abuse.
    — Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • And with rare diseases, case numbers don't need to be high to be troubling.
    — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • All this was troubling enough, though not by now surprising.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So far, the answer appears to be both, and that's a very troubling sign.
    — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021

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