- present participle of trouble.
troubling
Example Sentences
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Also troubling shareholders of SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics were the reports earlier this week that Chinese competition could prove a threat to margins and market share .
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Fifpro added that such a move "would fundamentally and irreversibly reshape the incentives underpinning the competitions" and it was "particularly troubling that a project of this magnitude has been developed largely behind closed doors".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
He ended up both spying on G42 and also helping the U.A.E. clean up the troubling issues he discovered, according to accounts of his activities provided to The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But it’s troubling that the branch that Alexander Hamilton said had neither “force nor will, but merely judgment,” needs so much force to stay operational.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
This troubling discrepancy was–and continues to be–mostly ignored.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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