troublous
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Troublous years since 1920 have shaken down eleven German cabinets; but these seven years have buffeted in vain Dr. Otto Gessler, continuously Minister of National Defense.
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Troublous weeks and months of struggle were ahead.
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Then followed a period of confusion and of foreign invasion, known as the Troublous Times, after which a prince of the celebrated house of Romanoff came to the throne.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
When the Maybrights returned home from their disastrous picnic at Troublous Times Castle, Maggie and George brought up the rear.
From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by Meade, L. T.
Troublous times were indeed brewing, and he did not want his enthusiastic son to hear the reports that were going from mouth to mouth and from place to place.
From Maid Sally by Cheever, Harriet A.