bother
Example Sentences
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She said it was "so lovely that anybody would bother to come up and chew the cud with you for a while"
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Instead of thinking, Why bother?, they think, This could be worth it.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
So why bother with the idea of an independent DeepMind?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The profit outlook didn’t seem to bother investors, as Macy’s has a long history of beating bottom-line expectations.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
“Sorry to bother you. But do you think you could give Fern a job? She’s in the market for one.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
