troublous
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Troublous years since 1920 have shaken down eleven German cabinets; but these seven years have buffeted in vain Dr. Otto Gessler, continuously Minister of National Defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Troublous weeks and months of struggle were ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Maybrights returned home from their disastrous picnic at Troublous Times Castle, Maggie and George brought up the rear.
From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by Meade, L. T.
Troublous days appeared to be impending for the Senate, and rumours of War,—war sometimes apparently imminent, and again suddenly averted,—had from time to time worried the public through the Press.
From Temporal Power by Corelli, Marie
I remember all: the Ups and Downs; the Crosses and the Runs of Luck; the Fortunes and Misfortunes; the Good and the Bad Feasts I sat me down to, during an ever-changing and Troublous Period.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
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