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troublous

[truhb-luhs] / ˈtrʌb ləs /


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Illiterate, geistlos, breathtakingly beautiful, object of adoration and of scorn, Emma Hamilton's star flashed through triumphant, troublous skies, and two centuries have not quenched its sullied splendor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Amid troublous times the Abbot secreted certain valuable deeds in a vast meat pie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today the Marines still have a fanatic pride in their Corps, accumulated through the years by service in foreign parts, in troublous times.

From Time Magazine Archive

To this last and most troublous question of all, two of the oldest and foxiest independent moviemakers last week gave an answer that may give other independents an idea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Henceforth, whatever choice she made, this home, where even in those troublous times she had known naught but peace, must bear a damning stain!

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.




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