give trouble

Example Sentences

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“He has a great chance to give trouble to the other horses, which I never want.”

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016

Then its new-type disk brakes began to give trouble, and it began to drop back.

From Time Magazine Archive

You’re not to fret, Matt; we mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadder.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Of course, questions sometimes arose which seemed likely to give trouble.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

His conciliatory policy was in the end successful, and the Ovampo, who threatened to give trouble, were kept in hand.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various