Explore Bother through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like trouble or reach. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bother in a sentence
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Bother meaning
- To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- Damn; curse.
Synonyms of Bother
Bother vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Bother
- The main meaning on this page is: To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. | Damn; curse.
- Useful related words include: trouble, reach, strive, inconvenience oneself.
- Possible Dutch translations are: moeite doen.
- In the example corpus, bother often appears in combinations such as: to bother, bother with, bother to.
Context around Bother
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bother
- In this selection, "bother" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alone, anyone, kirk, somebody and fixing stand out and add context to how "bother" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include did anyone bother asking whether and did not bother him either. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bother" sits close to words such as attackers, clues and indie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bother
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Before, the noise would bother me. (6 words)
But now we don’t bother with that caveat anymore. (10 words)
AND WE WON'T even bother mentioning travel and conference spending. (11 words)
Because we never bother about our duties and responsibilities and ignore the importance and working of these technologies when not in need and think of them at the time of need only and blame each other for the upkeep and use of these technologies. (44 words)
As Donald Trump’s latest presidential campaign moves forward, he’s taking a step that he didn’t bother with in 2016 or 2020: The Republican keeps releasing brief videos in which he addresses a specific controversy or policy issue. (40 words)
Better border inspections aren’t a bad idea, but they won’t bother the thousands of illegal immigrants who sneak across our porous border every week carrying backpacks filled with undeclared goods. (32 words)
Things that aren't true shouldn't bother you, so why does it bother you so much? (17 words)
And nondisclosure of interest by Springstone…did you bother to call the company to inquire why? (16 words)
But did anyone bother asking whether California’s “cure” for mass shootings even works in California before peddling it to the nation? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
But that will not bother Kirk, similar to how his lack of sleep earlier in the week did not bother him either.
You probably never noticed that hurt or embarrassment because, well, you figured since it didn’t bother you, it was all harmless and shouldn’t bother somebody else.
I didn’t bother to introduce myself again, didn’t bother to say anything.
Things that aren't true shouldn't bother you, so why does it bother you so much?
A common complaint about Social Security is that members of Congress don’t bother fixing the program because it doesn’t cover them.
Additionally, she wouldn’t feel comfortable giving Heather her own keys to the beach house since she doesn’t know her, so Heather will have to bother her for everything.
After that incident, I wondered why I had a panic attack although the men did not even look at me, let alone bother or threaten me.
All that fuss over a different colored passport, and then they didn't even bother to get one.
And nondisclosure of interest by Springstone…did you bother to call the company to inquire why?
AND WE WON'T even bother mentioning travel and conference spending.
As Donald Trump’s latest presidential campaign moves forward, he’s taking a step that he didn’t bother with in 2016 or 2020: The Republican keeps releasing brief videos in which he addresses a specific controversy or policy issue.
As such, most Trainers in the anime didn't bother to specify whether their Pokémon were boys or girls.
At a Taco Bell in Texas, we stood in line behind two rough-looking, solidly built women who looked like they didn’t bother to get out of their pyjamas anymore.
Because we never bother about our duties and responsibilities and ignore the importance and working of these technologies when not in need and think of them at the time of need only and blame each other for the upkeep and use of these technologies.
Before, the noise would bother me.
Being a beginner is okay; what’s not okay is being a novice – that is, a beginner who didn’t bother to learn the basics.
Better border inspections aren’t a bad idea, but they won’t bother the thousands of illegal immigrants who sneak across our porous border every week carrying backpacks filled with undeclared goods.
Boots Riley made his feature directorial debut with the trippy 2018 film "Sorry to Bother You," and his move into television looks no less bizarre.
But did anyone bother asking whether California’s “cure” for mass shootings even works in California before peddling it to the nation?
But now we don’t bother with that caveat anymore.
Common combinations with bother
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to bother 31×
- bother with 27×
- bother to 26×
- didn bother 17×
- don bother 15×
- bother me 15×
- not bother 13×
- even bother 13×
- why bother 13×
- bother you 11×