trouble
verb (used with object)
to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
am troubling
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present progressiveof trouble (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And so I am here, Gerty; and if I am troubling you at a bad time—well, it is only for a moment or two; and you will not mind that?
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
I am troubling you at a very early hour, Major von Tellheim, but I am going into the country, where a kind, but also unfortunate friend, has for the present offered me an asylum.
From Minna Von Barnhelm by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
But I am troubling you with my individual perplexities when I ought to be lifting yours.
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Glenwood, Ida
Ah, I see that I am troubling you," he exclaimed, "and really there is not much time to be lost.
From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir
"I think, at least, that I am so anxious to see you the same kind friend to her as you have been to me, that I am troubling myself uselessly about the first impressions."
From A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel by Coghill, Harry, Mrs.
