bothering

Example Sentences

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He said this was because the changes were "fraught with hoops you have to jump through" that "deters a lot of people from even bothering".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Is the price too high or is something else bothering them?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Why are we bothering with any of this?

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

We’re kind of a ridiculous country in that we’re obsessed with what other Americans believe but aren’t covering the other Americans or bothering to know them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Autumn signs at the stranger, not bothering to speak out loud.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer