Example Sentences

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Bothering to read the Sports section in today’s hyper-informed media environment rarely has a purpose, as scores, highlights and analyses come to our screens mere nanoseconds after the fact.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2020

Bothering to detail millennial attitudes, rather than just indulging the Gen X viewpoint, showed that 21 Jump Street had an uncommon grasp of its demographics.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2017

Bothering everyone by constantly calling to find out what was going on with Cary, for one thing.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2015

Bothering Bobby was his belief that Administration spokesmen were dodging a key question: What role should the Viet Cong play during a peace conference?

From Time Magazine Archive

Let me be still, let me enjoy the time, Bothering myself or thee no more with rugged rhyme.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John