Troubled

Examples

• It was the first, or among the first of locks which troubled modern burglars' picks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Yes,' said Lizzie, whose manner was a little troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mortimer again turned to the informer, to whom he said: 'You have been troubled in your mind a long time, man? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They had never troubled me before, but they troubled me now, as vulgar appendages. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I know little of the Knight of Ivanhoe, answered the Palmer, with a troubled voice. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I cannot help it, said Clym, in a troubled tone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Rebecca's wit, spirits, and accomplishments troubled her with a rueful disquiet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But it is all one to both; neither is troubled about that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The whole family were quick, brisk, loud-talking, kind-hearted, and not troubled with much delicacy of perception. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Don't be troubled. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• She gazed at me with troubled eyes, long and questioningly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Even this imperfect consciousness faded away at last, and he dreamed a long, troubled dream. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We sent him to the captain, and he explained to him the mystery of ship time and set his troubled mind at rest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Troubled as the future was, it was the unknown future, and in its obscurity there was ignorant hope. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I was guarded in my answer, for I was troubled in my mind with what I had heard and seen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This Theban business certainly troubled the mind of Alexander. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The trooper looks at her with a troubled visage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She raised her troubled eyes to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Dreams I am unused to have troubled me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My troubled mind had prevented me from noticing it before. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It troubled me sorely to see her looking back, at the beginning of her career, just as I look back at the end of mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the last degree constrained, reserved, diffident, troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Lizzie sat so still, that one could not have said wherein the fact of her manner being troubled was expressed; and yet one could not have doubted it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When it came upon him, he confronted it, but it must come before he troubled himself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• As they advanced, she saw them coming, and seemed rather troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• General Grant will not be troubled with any further reinforcements to Lee from Beauregard's force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The whole place seemed restless and troubled; and the people were crowding and flitting to and fro, like the shadows in an uneasy dream. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Laurence's ruddy face changed suddenly, and he sat down, with a troubled glance at the picture of a handsome man, which hung over his table. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I judged by your countenance, sir, which was troubled when you said the suggestion had returned upon you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typist: Penelope