bothering

Example Sentences

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“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

They’re watching a movie with 4,000 people, and nobody’s bothering them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There’s already evidence that more people with low scores aren’t even bothering to try to get financing because they’re expecting to be rejected.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Why are we bothering with any of this?

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

They hadn't been bothering me lately: not like they’d forgotten about me—every once in a while, I caught Callum peeking at me in band—but more like they were taking a time-out.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee