Sentence examples for troubled preparation from inspiring English sources
This muddled staging may be a result of its troubled preparation period.
Only fifth in this race last year after a very troubled preparation but turned the form with Cole Harden around at Aintree a month later.
The pair had endured a troubled preparation through injury and lack of form, then their seat broke in the final but still it was gold or bust.
Given Hull's troubled preparation, which has also included the loss of their captain Richard Swain for six weeks with a biceps injury, they will do well to avoid another drubbing.
Usain Bolt's troubled preparation for the defence of his Olympic sprint crowns continued yesterday when the Jamaican was forced to pull out of the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on 20 July.
While his resignation is not expected to seriously affect Tokyo's already troubled preparations for 2020, the city's Olympic officials conceded his English- and French-language skills would be missed.
Similar problems are expected at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, where preparations have been troubled.
But McLaren's preparations have been troubled, with repeated engine reliability problems restricting their mileage in testing.
The company has also been troubled by regulatory investigations, software failures and accounting errors in its main business of tax preparation, losing market share to rivals.
The matter has troubled him.
