have bothered
- present perfect of bother.
Example Sentences
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He said he might not have bothered to show up at the summit at all if it wasn’t being hosted by his friend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
None of that seems to have bothered Trump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
The then-Labour leader Ed Miliband was reading a photocopy of the front page as Osborne spoke and said the chancellor "almost need not have bothered coming" to the Commons.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Why would they even have bothered to do it at all?
From Salon ● May 14, 2025
But he must be of some value or they wouldn't have bothered to let him live.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
