Sentence examples for troublesome wars from inspiring English sources

Kublai, however, seeking to restore China's prestige, engaged in a series of costly and troublesome wars that brought little return.

Sanders is not where his supporters suppose on the problematic long war and troublesome military spending.

Sometimes wars are very troublesome for architecture.

Still, domestic politics has forced President Bill Clinton to stick with prohibition, and to name Barry McCaffrey, a tough-sounding army general, as the leader of his drugs policy.One troublesome aspect of the drugs war has been the annual "decertification" of countries deemed unco-operative.

"We compete in the same IQ pool as the top investment banks").. Losing talent and watching cash decline in relative terms, it's my guess that Gates and Ballmer decided enough was enough it's time to go to war against these troublesome dot-coms.

Because the promiscuous use of drones, the spying on journalists, the prosecution of leakers, and all the other troublesome bits of "the long war" are mainly about the Middle East and al Qaeda.

Vietnam intervened to clean up the mess made by its insane neighbour in Cambodia, while drawing the line against its troublesome frenemy China with a brief border war.

The article shows that actors and industries experienced troublesome shortages of metals even before World War I.

By increasing American might, it may encourage the country's unilateralist element to think it can win wars without having to work with troublesome partners.

The three powers officially justified their actions as a compensation for dealing with a troublesome neighbor and restoring order through military intervention in the civil war (the War of Bar Confederation); in fact all three were interested in territorial gains.

IT WAS always assumed that Tony Blair's most troublesome bequest to his successor would be the war in Iraq.