bother
Example Sentences
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Most of us are so familiar with this revolution’s sour consequences that we hardly bother to question its premises anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
And they might not bother to look back.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The weight of expectation began to bother McIlroy, not only when he made the annual pilgrimage to Augusta National, but at all of the majors.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
As a satire, it’s almost too implied — the filmmakers barely bother to develop their ideas, figuring correctly that people already agree the internet is, at best, a neutral-evil.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The bus driver was a small shrew who didn’t bother much with discipline, as he was too busy trying to see far enough over the steering wheel to drive without killing anything.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing bother
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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