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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I am troubling you, but I am apprehensive some of the lines are omitted by your young amanuensis, to whom, however, I am infinitely obliged.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
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 Sir Max Pemberton
But I'll tell you why I am troubling you now.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
"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 Mrs. Harry Coghill
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 William Black
