Sentence examples for a troublesome thing from inspiring English sources

Good humor reigns, as in Margaret Mahy's strategy with a "remarkably light" sister ("It's a troublesome thing, / but we tie her with string, / and we use her instead of a kite") and Michael Flanders and Donald Swann's "Mud," with its exuberant illustration of gleeful splashing.

If keeping a marriage together boils down to this kind of arrangement, perhaps monogamy is indeed a troublesome thing---unnatural at best, and a marriage-wrecker at worst.

"If he persuades a large group of his voters that somehow they weren't fairly represented in this election, that's a really troublesome thing for what has always been the touchstone of our democracy — that once the election happens, however difficult the transition is, we move on, and the people who lost mobilize themselves to try and win next time," Goodwin said.

The only really disruptive and troublesome thing a budding rebel can do is to disconnect entirely.

There's only one thing that makes that statement hard to believe: It's a troublesome little thing called "facts".

He was also scornful of that criticism, saying that it's belied by "a troublesome little thing called facts".

The notion that there has been inactivity over the course of the last three years is belied by a troublesome little thing called facts".

The most troublesome thing I learned by talking with a who's who of our nation's security community was that our government doesn't believe it has the ability to defend us from the rapidly evolving threats.

"This troublesome thing.

"The most troublesome thing is harmful rumours and the psychological effect [on consumers] as a result of radiation concerns," says Kaoru Yosano, the economy minister.

The second most troublesome thing, according to the poll, was the excessive amount of office space that all the plans included.