bother
Example Sentences
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We live in a world where people don’t even bother to look out the window in the morning before picking up their phones, ready to get online and join in whatever discourse the day’s generating.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
"It's certainly easier that way. Why bother to depict a human being when you can simply turn them into a product?"
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
But it didn’t seem to bother him, and he got quite used to coasting through politics.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
But she feels annoyed every time they don’t bother explaining visual references, like a gift exchange in a 2024 holiday-season episode that left her in the dark.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Grown-ups were always laughing at things that Bat didn’t think were funny, but it didn’t bother Bat very much when Mr. Grayson did it.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing bother
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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