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'was in trouble' is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person or situation that is currently experiencing some kind of difficulty or misfortune. For example: "I knew my sister was in trouble when she stopped answering her phone."
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I was in trouble.
He was in trouble.
Gonchigdorj was in trouble.
Kid was in trouble.
East was in trouble.
Steck surmised that he was in trouble.
Sharapova knew she was in trouble, too.
I thought I was in trouble.
He apparently knew he was in trouble.
Wilson knew he was in trouble.
The whole movie division was in trouble.
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was in some kind of trouble
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was already in trouble
was under stress
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