bothered
Example Sentences
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In a video on X, external, Count Binface - who is comedian Jonathan Harvey without the costume - said he was the "winning candidate… of the candidates who bothered to turn up".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Investors don’t seem bothered by the company’s debt load; demand for its shares in the offering far outweighed supply, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“If she’d have gone to Lowe’s or Home Depot, it wouldn’t bother me. But you’re opening a school? That bothered me.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
It bothered Lacy, a serious artist who wrote with Kendrick Lamar and earned a Grammy nomination as a teenager in the R&B collective The Internet, suddenly thrust into living meme territory with “Bad Habit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I mean you used to walk around the Academy like some kind of princess surveying her kingdom. Like you couldn’t be bothered to learn anyone’s name or care about anyone but yourself.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
