bother
Example Sentences
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Although the agency is a defendant, it didn’t bother to defend the case on the merits, relying instead on procedural challenges.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
We live in a world where people don’t even bother to look out the window in the morning before picking up their phones, ready to get online and join in whatever discourse the day’s generating.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
But she feels annoyed every time they don’t bother explaining visual references, like a gift exchange in a 2024 holiday-season episode that left her in the dark.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
She recalls a voter in West Bengal's Sundarbans telling her: "If we don't vote, no-one will even bother to remember that poor people exist."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
I didn’t want to bother Lorren with it.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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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