6 sentences with 'trouble'
Example sentences and phrases with the word trouble and other words derived from it.
• « He was awarded a scholarship to study medicine in Portugal, but got into trouble with the Portuguese secret police because he supported Angolan independence. »
• « The Roman legions defeated the Macedonian forces without much trouble in 196 BC and then, perhaps surprisingly, departed, having fulfilled their stated aim of defending Greek independence. »
• « However, trouble was afoot on Rome's borders, as barbarian groups became more populous and better organised, and as the meritocratic system of the "Five Good Emperors" gave way to infighting, assassination and civil war. »
• « When Muhammad died, there was immediate trouble among Muslim Arabs. He did not name a successor, but he had been the definitive leader of the Islamic community during his lifetime; it seemed clear that the community was destined to have a leader. »
• « However, trouble for the British was brewing in India. In 1857, Indian soldiers in the service of the British East India Company, known as sepoys, were issued new rifles whose bullet cartridges were, according to rumours circulating among the sepoys, lubricated with pig and cow fat. »
• « "John Major never hammers the political point home," declares one constituent, Mrs Elsie Thawley. "He treats people as individuals and takes any trouble to help them solve their problems." »