My friend," said Andrea, "I was coming from Montefontaine to Senlis, when my horse, which is a troublesome creature, stumbled and threw me.

"Especially when one of those two is such a fanciful, troublesome creature!"

Then again," the leader continued, "if I were to rid myself of you troublesome little creatures right here, no one would ever know what I had done until spring.

I thought it was time I had a firsthand look at these troublesome creatures.

Boys are troublesome creatures.

Abernathy had sent Fillip and Sot in after the troublesome creature, thinking as he did that they were best suited for the task in any event.

Officials cited other troublesome nonnative creatures as precedents for the need for the addling program.

Methinks it will be no great chore to exterminate these troublesome creatures.

Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to describe a friendly but troublesome creature of the Seelie Court.

For a while, at least, he wouldn't be consumed with thoughts of the troublesome creature he had wed.