Sentence examples for his trough from inspiring English sources

He would take the bold route out of his trough.

His water had dried up, and he rolled around in the stone bed of his trough, making that long sad sound that tigers make.

I will not talk about Dr. Tony Galea, Woods' (and many others') Dr. Feelgood, a physician of questionable ethics who appears to have found his trough with well-agented jocks under pressure to live up to salary negotiations, sponsor contracts, and fan expectations.

Gilliam says she makes him laugh, and keeps him sane, pointing out that his troughs are always inevitably followed by peaks.

Richards said Ross "didn't have to see a sports psychologist or anything" to get out of his emotional trough, and unfortunately his body broke down when his spirits repaired.

The inclusion of Bairstow, who won the last of his 14 Test caps during the 2013-14 Ashes tour, could mean a shake-up of the batting order with Ian Bell pushed up to No3 in the hope that the extra responsibility on his home ground will see him emerge from his own trough.

Coming from someone who believed in Jamie Murray's abilities enough to continue financing him even through his deepest trough, and to ease him through the difficult transition into a doubles player, this was a more telling remark than it seemed.

Thanks to his personal trough of only 638 runs in 27 innings since he made a century against New Zealand at Headingley in May 2013 and his team's 10-match winless streak, people have been queuing up to criticise the England captain.

Another highlight of Hartkop's graveyard is his parabolic trough, a concentrator that looks like a very shiny skateboard halfpipe.

Woosnam has been in one of his putting troughs this week but when faced with the winning putt on the bear-pit of the 17th hole he rammed it home.

And remember, wrote the Washington Times's Daly, pointing out that Woods has won seven tournaments during his two-year trough, "Tiger is so ridiculously good, even his slumps are impressive".