Sentence examples for a troubled lad from inspiring English sources

It was to be presided over by a judge in street clothes, not a black robe, seated at a desk, where he could easily put a reassuring arm around a troubled lad.

In 1963, when Billy was sixteen, Burroughs, bowing to his parents' insistence, briefly took charge of the troubled lad in Tangier.

Helmed by Francois Girard, Boychoir is a story about a troubled and orphaned young lad struggling against the odds to find his voice, both literally and figuratively.

Troubled individuals or a troubled society?

It was a troubled sanctuary.

Michael was a troubled boy.

He has a troubled past.

Megan had a troubled upbringing.

Both involved a troubled marriage.

But the building has a troubled history.

The ambitious building experienced a troubled conception.