trouble

If he had married her, he'd have been asking for trouble.

`` Favor him and save something in case you hit trouble.

He had a feeling that the girl meant trouble.

Yes, there was plenty of water, too much, and that was probably the trouble.

Looks like we might be in for a speck of trouble ''.

The trouble was that he had virtually had to protest.

An' that could mean trouble with a fella that's workin' for crooks.

If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.

His face took on a sudden pallor, became beaded with sweat, and he seemed to have trouble with his breathing.

He started toward the stairway, then turned to add, `` Tell her to come to Adams's room, that Adams is in trouble.

He wanted to show the town what happened to anyone who tried to start trouble ''.

Black would have little trouble getting out, but it might delay him a few minutes.

`` That's what started all the trouble in the first place.

We'd be in real trouble then.

Moreover, runaway slaves frequently got into serious trouble in New Orleans' dives.

Ever since the hooch, and the trouble with the Quartet, and Midge and the child.

He had suspected this guy was trouble, and now he was sure of it.

A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.

He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.

The trouble here is that it's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it doesn't cost you anything.

Because the private eye intends to save society in spite of himself, he invariably finds himself in trouble with the police.

The darkening world scene, at the time of the Munich Pact, continued to trouble his mind even in his remote Virginia studio.

It must be granted that the flouting of convention, no matter how well intentioned one may be, is sure to lead to trouble, or at least to the discomfort that goes with social disapproval.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Something occurred on the morning of the children's party which may illustrate the kind of trouble our restricted toilet facilities caused us.