- present participle of trouble.
troubling
Example Sentences
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Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“These allegations are troubling, serious, and false,” Platner said in a statement.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
It’s part of an effort to curb troubling math scores and is similar to a literacy screener already underway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Strang did not have terrorist links, the prosecution stated, but did have a "troubling extremist mindset".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“I am, my dear brother, so heartbroken by your journey, I would have wished that you'd been spared that, for all in all no harm has come to me, and it wasn't worth troubling you.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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