troublous

• It was a troublous, harassing time for him, that summer of 1784, and the more since the woes of the distracted lover were added to those of the disappointed playwright and the impecunious debtor. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
• He is now once more at home there, and as well as the troublous circumstances of the times permit. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti
• When the regiment was gathered together, after a separation of two years, there were hearty greetings, and exchanges of troublous or droll experiences; and thankful once more to be reunited, we entered again, heart and soul, into the minutest detail of one another's lives. —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
• The times were troublous: the great war had commenced, and Paris being invested he could no longer obtain the small earnings which his textbooks were beginning to yield him, and which had for some time been increasing his modest earnings. —  Fabre, Poet of Science
• In circumstances so unhappy and troublous, human remedies are insufficient, and it becomes necessary, as a sole resource, to beg for assistance from the Divine power. —  Latest Articles

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