bother
Example Sentences
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“The worst thing would be if students in the future don’t even bother to apply.”
A falling stock market has seldom bothered him.
From Barron's
She said the guard was not her personal security and that no one — including a starry-eyed 11-year-old girl — had bothered her.
From Los Angeles Times
That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.
From Salon
“You mustn’t bother me. I know that you have not come to talk about dogs. You must give me time.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
