Definition of trouble spot in US English:
trouble spot
nounˈtrəbəl ˌspätˈtrəbəl ˌspɑt
A place where difficulties regularly occur, especially a country or area where there is a continuous cycle of violence.
she is famed for her reports from the world's trouble spots
Example sentencesExamples
- The trouble spot in the game's graphics comes from the camera.
- Police have been gathering evidence to impose a far-reaching dispersal order at the main trouble spot, the bus station.
- This has been a trouble spot despite efforts to upgrade the position.
- So the whole track has the potential to be a trouble spot.
- According to the mayor, Paradise Alley has been a trouble spot in town for as long as anyone can remember.
- Many factors differentiate the nature of the disorders, including terrain, politics and the strategic location of the trouble spot.
- The only trouble spot in this performance is his reaction to Juliet's false death, which builds so slowly as to seem implausibly flat.
- He removed a small bit that was just in front of the burned area revealing the trouble spot.
- A total of five new floodlights have been installed and static cameras will be targeted directly at the trouble spot.
- The Evening Press reported earlier this month how vehicles were initially routed away from the trouble spot for four days after a driver was injured as he approached a stop.
- A trouble spot has been left without its state-of-the-art CCTV system for months because it was removed for evidence in a court case.
- An area of Ferrybank is also known to be a trouble spot and in private estates on the other side of the city anti-social behaviour is taking place.
- It had been a trouble spot for more than four years with intimidating gangs hanging around.
- The town is a trouble spot for flooding and earlier this month many residents and businesses were left in chaos when the River Avon burst its banks.
- Second, isolate the trouble spot if you can: ‘This is where things start going wrong.’
- They were out of radio contact with their base, and proceeded to the trouble spot - no other choppers were at hand.
- It gave the world hope for political and economic cooperation, resolving an international trouble spot.
- In addition, there are serious concerns about the possible increase of flooding in a known trouble spot.
- They had come from all over the world to solve a particular problem and were intent upon finding a solution before returning to their particular trouble spot.
- The post box, in the shopping centre, has been a trouble spot for more than four years.