botheration

Example Sentences

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But he never wants to stop taking the mic, at the Comedy Store or across the country, and churning his botheration into laughs.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019

With his simplicity and shrewdness and "gesture of botheration," he is a unique and lovable literary creation.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t ever do that to me again! That’s about all the botheration a body can stand for one day!”

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

We lose time being 25called as witnesses, and a lot of botheration, just when we need every minute, and nothing much is gained.

From The Auto Boys' Vacation by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)

"You! you, my boy! could you do that everlasting big botheration of a job?"

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte