How to use bother in a sentence
40 example sentences · verb, noun, interjection
Bother means to annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. Example: “Would it bother you if I smoked?”
Examples of bother by meaning
verbTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- Would it bother you if I smoked?
verbTo feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
- I never bother about such trivialities.
- I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you.
verbTo take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
- Why do I even bother to try?
verbTo do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
- You didn’t even bother to close the door.
nounFuss, ado.
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- It was a 15-minute return trip to walk back home to pick up my device, but I weighed it up and decided that it wasn’t worth the bother.2015 January 18, Monty Munford, “What’s the point of carrying a mobile phone nowadays?”, in The Daily Telegraph
nounTrouble, inconvenience.
- Yes, I can do that for you—it’s no bother.
More sentences with bother
- I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.From the entry thumb
- These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.From the entry bug
- The parents told the kids not to bother them during special time.From the entry special
- Don't bother talking to that guy — he's baked from all the coke he used to do.From the entry baked
- Don't bother talking to that guy—he's cooked from all the coke he used to do.From the entry cooked
- He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.From the entry outset
- Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.From the entry crummy
- Thinking fast, we played possum, hoping the bear wouldn't bother us.From the entry play possum
- People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?From the entry stubborn
- Harumph! She is welcome to try, but I'm not going to bother helping.From the entry harumph
- His littleness didn't bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf.From the entry littleness
- His smallness didn't bother him, except when he needed something off the top shelf.From the entry smallness
- Sorry if my music's bothering you. — No worries. I really like classical.From the entry no worries
- I had a spot of bother with a sticky key on my keyboard.From the entry spot of bother
- If he bothers me again, I'll send him home with a flea in his ear.From the entry flea in one's ear
- Quick! Don't bother with ladders; just nerd pole up to me!From the entry nerd pole
- Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.From the entry bought
- Don't bother trying to understand what Grandma says; she's gone.From the entry gone
- He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.From the entry clear
- That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.From the entry dead
- Why do you keep bothering me every second?From the entry every second
- I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.From the entry sleet
- Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.From the entry provide
- He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.From the entry terribly
- Don't go to all that bother for me.From the entry go to
- Hey bro, sorry to bother you but I think I accidentally backed up into your car — can I make it up to you?From the entry bro
- Speak up if I'm bothering you.From the entry speak up
- He will bother you no more.From the entry no more
- God help us! They're actually going to run an AI arms race without bothering to agree a framework for AI safety first.From the entry God help someone
- By right, we’re supposed to lock the room every night. By left, we only do it every Friday since no-one bothers to check.From the entry by left
- I know my place, so I don't bother the CEO when I see him around the office. I'm just an intern, after all.From the entry know your place
- You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.From the entry eyeball
Meaning of bother
- verb To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- verb Damn; curse.
- verb To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
Questions about bother in a sentence
- How do you use bother in a sentence?
- Bother is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “Would it bother you if I smoked?”
- What is a short sentence with bother?
- “He will bother you no more.”
- What does bother mean?
- Bother means to annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bother (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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