bothering

Example Sentences

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Bothering to read the Sports section in today’s hyper-informed media environment rarely has a purpose, as scores, highlights and analyses come to our screens mere nanoseconds after the fact.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2020

Bothering to detail millennial attitudes, rather than just indulging the Gen X viewpoint, showed that 21 Jump Street had an uncommon grasp of its demographics.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2017

Bothering everyone by constantly calling to find out what was going on with Cary, for one thing.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2015

Bothering with such cases can only work "inroads on the time available for due study and reflection of those classes of cases for the adjudication of which this court exists."

From Time Magazine Archive

And when she realized her ridiculous blunder, she also began to laugh in embarrassment, and lowering her eyes said somewhat slyly: "Bothering about your own folk keeps you from seeing other people straight."

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim