- present participle of bother.
bothering
Example Sentences
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When it offered him half a song, he said, “Good enough” — without even bothering to run it through a few rounds of polishing.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
She said: "I would encourage people, if you've got wasps that are bothering you, just to keep calm and try and move away. If you keep calm, they will sense that and won't feel threatened."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Seeking a location where he could practice without bothering the neighbors in his Manhattan apartment, he found a perch on the Williamsburg Bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
“Love and Death in the American Novel” made its case without bothering with notes or bibliography, yet garnered praise from such eminent critics as Lionel Trilling and George Steiner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“I’m a thinker, not a doer, young man,” he said without bothering to look at Farooqi.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
