Which preposition to use with troubled
The secretaries said that they had more trouble with the chamberlains of the various princes than with the princes themselves; they all wanted to sup in the private room, and were much more tenacious of having a good place, or the place they thought was due to them, than their royal masters.
In 1351 Boccaccio had the pleasure of bearing to the poet Petrarch the news of the restoration of his rights of citizenship and of his patrimony, both of which he had lost in the troubles of 1323, and during this visit the two geniuses became friends for life.
"I'll have you know, Josie Beemis, that if every girl in this store watched her step like me, there'd be a darn sight less trouble in the world.
I have just had a talk with General Carr and Quartermaster Hays, and they informed me that you had their permission to ride the horse and mule, and if you had stated this fact to me there would have been no trouble about the matter whatever."
She gave herself a great deal of trouble for her friends, but also used them when she wanted anything.
She took her troubles to God in prayer.
Next thing we know, with that crowd that don't mean any good to you, this family is going to find itself with a girl in trouble on its hands.
Or perhaps, "I sitting behind in a dark place, a lady spit backward upon me by a mistake, not seeing me, but after seeing her to be a very pretty lady, I was not troubled at it at all.
Q. Are you troubled with chilblains?
"What's the trouble between you two?" They looked at each other, and then away.
But I would not increase her trouble by taking any notice.
Sir, I am so pleas'd, so truly pleas'd with it, That Heaven, without this Blessing on my Prince, Had found but little trouble from my thanks, For all they have shower'd on me; 'Twas all I wisht, next my Pretensions here.
But if Germany was not troubled about Russia, a different sentiment was growing up in Russia itself.
For no sooner was I out of one trouble than another was ready for me.
Her oleaginous and feather-bed-like disposition compelled peace, as oil upon the waves, and shed trouble as a duck sheds water.
The Duke of Burgundy, though brave, was sometimes wanting in presence of mind, and on this occasion appeared more troubled in the King's presence than pleased his friends.
The foolish woman looketh upon the outward appearance and is troubled over many things.
If Virgil may be credited, the sun was so troubled at the death of Caesar that it went into deep mourning, and so obscured his beams, that the world was alarmed lest it never should appear again.
DEAR PUNCHINELLO: Hailing (not to say reigning) from this august (and all the year round) place, I naturally feel privileged to pour my troubles into your ears, with doubts as to their length.
But Isidore Bamberger is not the man to spread out his troubles before the public in the newspapers.
"I cannot go away now that there is trouble among them.
I was at first much troubled by the uneasy motion of the vessel, but speedily recovered my health, and since that hour have been no more plagued by sea-sickness.
There wasn't much trouble after that.
However, we advise you to attempt a settlement of such troubles without creating a public scandal.
I've had a lot of trouble during the last two years.