troubler
- a word derived from trouble.
Example Sentences
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Douglass, who claimed February 14, 1818, as his birthday, was the hero of Barber’s Valentine’s Day address this year: “A righteous troubler of America,” he was called.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 18, 2015
Most would agree with the words of the late Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, when he met Reinhold Niebuhr for the first time: "At last I've met the troubler of my peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
As Spender sees it, an ideal student-rebel's contribution should be both non-mystical and nonpolitical: he should operate as a troubler of conscience and imagination.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word it is the greatest troubler that I know of in language.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
This brandy question was, in fact, the great troubler in Israel.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett
