TROUBLESOME in a Sentence

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37 example sentences for TROUBLESOME, such as:

1. Chinese characters are troublesome to write.
2. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
3. Thenardier, in particular, was troublesome for a physiognomist.
4. The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
5. Martin swore that he would bury the priest if he continued to be troublesome.

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 Meanings and Examples of TROUBLESOME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
troublesome
 a.  causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  Martin swore that he would bury the priest if he continued to be troublesome.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXII
2  Thenardier, in particular, was troublesome for a physiognomist.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES
3  Fauchelevent made, with his left hand, that sort of a gesture which dismisses a troublesome subject.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
4  "That is the very point that is not troublesome," exclaimed Fauchelevent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
5  In spite of this antiquity, the authorities committed the error of confining in the New Building the most troublesome prisoners, of placing there "the hard cases," as they say in prison parlance.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
6  Boulatruelle, as the reader may, perchance, recall, was a man who was occupied with divers and troublesome matters.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS...
7  And it will be even a disadvantage to you; a left-handed man is very troublesome to people who are not prepared for it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
8  Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome superabundance of that sort of time which is not money.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  It's real mysterious, and troublesome, and good," he says; "but I bet we can find a way that's twice as long.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV.
10  One day the child was very troublesome, and the mother could not quiet it, do what she would.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE RAVEN
11  But as regards the letter of advice, I am charmed to find that it has reached you; that will spare me the troublesome and disagreeable task of coming to you for money myself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.
12  "You have no right to beg at night," said the groom, endeavoring to rid his master of the troublesome intruder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 64. The Beggar.
13  My friend," said Andrea, "I was coming from Montefontaine to Senlis, when my horse, which is a troublesome creature, stumbled and threw me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
14  She knew no such troublesome thoughts ever disturbed the brains under the four flaming thatches in the carriage and, as always when she felt herself different from her neighbors, an irritated confusion fell upon her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
15  Generally when tomorrow came, the thought either did not occur at all or it was so attenuated by the delay it was not very troublesome.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
2  Chinese characters are troublesome to write.
3  The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
4  Her hip has been troublesome for quite a while, and she'll probably need surgery on it.
5  Tom's younger brother Sid was already through with his part of the work, for he was a quiet boy, and had no adventurous, troublesome ways.