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

And after all, in spite of the botheration he gives, there's something very cheerful in having a man about the house.

From The Farringdons by Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft

But he had perhaps less sheer ability for detail than Van Horne, who as a rule despised the botheration of it.

From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus