troubling
Example Sentences
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Sentencing him, Mr Justice Constable KC said George had the ability to be friendly and fun, but he had "another troubling side to your character".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Permanent job losers are no longer rising in the same troubling way.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
But there’s a second problem with this case that is at least as troubling as the first and it has nothing to do with how you define a mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
This was indeed, she realized as he dropped his eyes, the bitter, troubling point.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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