How to Use bother in a Sentence

bother

1 of 2 verb
  • I'm not going to bother with the details.
  • Something he said at the meeting has been bothering me.
  • Mother used to cook elaborate dinners, but with only herself to cook for, she doesn't bother anymore.
  • He's so easygoing. Nothing seems to bother him.
  • The entire car trip was filled with complaints like, “Mom, David keeps bothering me!” and “Will you tell him to quit bothering me?”.
  • And that doesn’t bother me at all.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The lyrics don’t bother me that much.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But again, that might not bother you.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
  • No one came up to me, no one bothered me.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • No one came up to me, no one bothered me.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That's what bothers me the most.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • That’s what bothers me about it.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That’s what bothers me about it.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Jay, dude, why bother at this point?
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 June 2026
  • Part of me thinks, don’t bother.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026
  • He's not too bothered by that, though.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But large sums, per se, don’t bother me.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Joe didn’t even bother to pull me aside this time.
    — Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Not that they’re bothered much.
    — Rachel Monroe, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Irizarry said the claims of fraud don't bother him.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • And she couldn’t be bothered to start things up again.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Walk through your home and note the small things that bother you.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 May 2026
  • With the right ski socks, none of the above should bother you.
    — Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • None of that seems to have bothered Trump.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That kind of thing has bothered the Cavs for years.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Is a man bothering you at a bar?
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Murdoch did not even bother to look up from his soup.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This is hurtful and bothers me a lot.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
  • Didn’t seem to bother or affect him at all.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
  • A lot of shops didn’t bother trying to open.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 20 June 2026

bother

2 of 2 noun
  • He doesn't want the bother of filling out all those forms again.
  • I know what a bother driving into the city can be this time of day.
  • Replacing the windows could be more of a bother than it's worth.
  • Will you mail this for me? It will save me the bother of going to the post office.
  • I considered replacing that part of the floor but decided it wasn't worth the bother.
  • But the changes that have come with these names are hardly a bother.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
  • That saved them the cost of storage — or the bother of throwing them out.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • People say politicians are frauds, so why even bother to vote.
    — Jessica Militare, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Restaurants aren’t just places that save you the bother of cooking at home.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The couple could sit on the deck, and even in the shade of their trees, without bother.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Humidity is up a bit — enough to be felt but not a huge bother.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Fonseca is the youngest of three bothers.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Neither time did this man show his face or bother to explain to me his story.
    — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Decent action from shore and boat but winds from the southeast have been a bother.
    — sacbee, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Her bother started selling drugs, and his business grew as the years went on.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2021
  • If — one is — going to have a fight with somebody else — why bother and — have a meeting?
    — NBC News, 14 June 2021
  • Bathen says the gruesome details aren't a bother to some.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Only about a third of those eligible to vote bother to do so.
    — The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021
  • A couple of them can't really get a line out without a lot of grumbly fuss and bother.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Other than the bother of moving them in and out as needed, this also works very well.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • For some women, menstrual cramps are a bother for a few days every month.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Moving to a different state wasn’t a bother.
    — Anthony Aguirre, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
  • The walls around the portrait are covered in splendid rivals, but no one bothers.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 June 2023
  • Why would the copyright holder bother filing a claim for fake images?
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Somewhat gusty west winds aren’t too much of a bother, but watch out for fluttering blossoms.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • After all, that can sometimes mean a long wait for the download, let alone the bother of adding account details and so on.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • But for this soup there’s enough going on—tortellini, spinach, dill, parm—that one teeny curd of egg isn’t going to be a bother.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2021
  • In one respect, the insect is saving you the bother of aerating your lawn and woodland beds.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Just give Real Madrid the trophy and save everyone the bother.
    — New York Times, 28 May 2022
  • Beer exported to the mainland must find its way over six miles of rough seas (which, Sam points out, saves the bother of shaking the casks).
    — Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020

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