troublesomeness
Example Sentences
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Did he ever guess that there was something else in her than this obstinacy, this troublesomeness with which she was forced to meet him?
From Delia Blanchflower by Mrs. Humphry Ward
My dear Flower, …Many thanks for taking my troublesomeness in good part.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
Now because of her troublesomeness this cow was not milked beside the rest, and the shed where she stood was used for farm-implements only.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
German dulness, and English affectation, have of late much multiplied among us the use of two of the most objectionable words that were ever coined by the troublesomeness of metaphysicians—namely, ‘Objective’ and ‘Subjective’.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
As a result of this cogitation Leonore decided that she would nip Peter's troublesomeness in the bud, that she would put up a sign, "Trespassing forbidden;" by which he might take warning.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
