bothered

Example Sentences

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“Seeing so many people pass me bothered me,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Farage also said he wished the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of the authority because of its financial problems.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The stock market also doesn’t seem too bothered, outside a short-lived rally in vaccine stocks that has since fizzled.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Kelly could no longer rely on the steady viewership of a TV channel, with those perma-couch news addicts who couldn’t be bothered to change the channel when the program that preceded hers ended.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Since he’d been spotted in the dump six years ago, no one had bothered him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman