adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a guilty/troubled conscience (= the knowledge that you have done something wrong )
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His guilty conscience kept him awake at night.
an anxious/troubled/worried expression
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She stood looking at me with an anxious expression.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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They became less willing to transfer capital to the most troubled borrowers by the conventional means of foreign direct investment.
■ NOUN
face
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I could see Xanthe's troubled face clearly, and also Filmer's beside her.
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And as she spoke, I looked into the troubled face of our Prime Minister and her eyes were filled with tears.
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And then he too made a troubled face .
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Looking into her troubled face , Benjamin placed his hand gently on her arm.
times
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Good luck to first-time house buyers, particularly during these troubled times .
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All she needed to do now was put her troubled times behind her and win the game.
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The Church was born in troubled times .
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I hope that we have a reasonable record on piloting Britain's foreign affairs through troubled times .
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The 1870s and 1880s were troubled times for Whessoe, as the company was now known.
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Mutual support in troubled times then, is seen as a reciprocal reward for cooperation over the long term.
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Five years later came the Dinsdale Moor Iron Works, but these were troubled times for heavy industry.
waters
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The Oxford oar presented as a momento, will help bail him out of any troubled waters he's yet to encounter.
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After just half an hour in the pool, it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office.
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This particular fish was very shortly going to find itself in exceedingly troubled waters .
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We don't need to enter the troubled waters of religious truth-claims.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pour oil on troubled waters
uncharted/troubled/murky waters
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A fish that comes from slow-moving often murky waters is unlikely to appreciate bright lighting or turbulent filtration.
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A last desperate attempt to escape into the murky waters .
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And instead of heading off into uncharted waters , Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.
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But then our conversations took a dive into the murky waters of sexuality and jealousy.
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Clearly the 49ers are sailing in uncharted waters .
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I would be chary of anything caught in these murky waters .
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Other career seekers are more interested in venturing into uncharted waters .
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This is useful if you fly by night or live in murky waters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Greg had a troubled childhood.
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She had a troubled look on her face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the demand for scapegoats in the economically troubled countries is considerable and extends even to the dead.
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But the meditators maintain they have scientific proof that it does work and they can bring peace to a troubled world.
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It was the final ignominy in the short, troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division.
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Its troubled inhabitants turned to Puritanism.
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Oliver and Rain exchanged troubled glances.
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Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period.
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The Church was born in troubled times.