give trouble

Example Sentences

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“He has a great chance to give trouble to the other horses, which I never want.”

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016

Then its new-type disk brakes began to give trouble, and it began to drop back.

From Time Magazine Archive

You’re not to fret, Matt; we mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadder.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

"You must lie still and go to sleep again if you can, but if you give trouble, we'll leave the señora Rocas, who is deaf and very clumsy, to look after you."

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

These are, of course, definitely acquired conditions, some of them temporary and some persistent, that will continue to give trouble so long as the patient continues to produce irritation of them.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)