troublesomeness
Example Sentences
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If there is any thing amiss in your mind, not arising from the troublesomeness of your situation, it is childish and unmanly not to disclose it to me.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 by Thomas Moore
Someone else would contend that the essence of a weed was its troublesomeness, but Socrates would counter this by asking them whether horseradish was not a far more troublesome thing in a garden than foxgloves.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
“You have, my child,” said the little old lady; “very good—also rather troublesome, especially in the way of talking nonsense, and I’m sorry to find that although your goodness continues, your troublesomeness does not cease!”
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Did he ever guess that there was something else in her than this obstinacy, this troublesomeness with which she was forced to meet him?
From Delia Blanchflower by Mrs. Humphry Ward
As a result of this cogitation Leonore decided that she would nip Peter's troublesomeness in the bud, that she would put up a sign, "Trespassing forbidden;" by which he might take warning.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
