(v. t.) To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
(v. i.) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
(n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
Example Sentences:
(1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
(2) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
(3) Dinner is the usual “international” menu that few will bother with given the wealth of choice nearby.
(4) Despite excellent control of acute-stage emesis, some patients are still bothered by delayed emesis occurring more than 24 hours after cisplatin administration.
(5) Given this bipartisan strategy to minimise commitments, there is little wonder that voter turnout also reached a historical low, with less than two thirds bothering to vote in the east.
(6) I do think it is set fair but I am more bothered about the eurozone.
(7) These were: urinary symptoms, degree of bother due to urinary symptoms, BPH-specific interference with activities, general psychological well-being, worries and concerns, and sexual satisfaction.
(8) Interactive guide Election countdown: the key dates up to June 7 Interactive quizzes Can you be bothered?
(9) TV's Jeremy Paxman didn't even bother hiding his disdain for the introduction of weather reports to Newsnight – "It's April.
(10) And indeed both E.ON and SSE offer these for those who bother to switch,” he added.
(11) After the first couple days like everyone was like: 'Ah, I can't be bothered.
(12) Had they bothered to inquire of a veteran from the ranks, they might have heard how exasperating it is to see the dainty long-range patriots of Labour thrashing it out with the staunch gutter jingoists of the Conservative party – and barely a non-commissioned vet among them.
(13) I have been noticing, with sadness, that politicians do not even bother invoking the American Dream anymore.
(14) "No one ever bothered him at the suppers," former pastor Bob Moyer of Hartland told the paper.
(15) Refusing to play in the Seven Kingdoms league, the all black kit helps the team in matches against Wildling FC, who never bother to wear the same colours.
(16) No one else need bother to paint them as a ramshackle and rancorous rabble marooned in the past and without a plausible account of the future.
(17) With the coming of the meritocracy, the now leaderless masses were partially disfranchised; as time has gone by, more and more of them have been disengaged, and disaffected to the extent of not even bothering to vote.
(18) A cursory web search would have helped but fewer of us bother when the news is relatively inconsequential.
(19) What bothers me is that a club would contact the manager of a national team without first notifying the Federation.
(20) Arsenal responded in the only way they know, with Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Jack Wilshere and Oxlade-Chamberlain all involved in intricate passing patterns on the edge of the area, though there was no end product to bother Tim Howard apart from another long shot from Oxlade-Chamberlain that drifted wide.
Faze
Definition:
(v. t.) See Feeze.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Shelley Kerr is the slightest bit fazed by her new appointment, as the first woman to manage a senior men’s team in Britain, she does not let on.
(2) They release reports ahead of major conferences and Kimberley plenary sessions but we are not fazed at all."
(3) Norman added that it did not faze him that he was not the first choice for the role and pledged to spend as many hours at the broadcaster as was necessary to get the business back on track.
(4) "He has come into this environment and is not fazed and is looking forward to the game."
(5) We know we’ve got a lot of ability so there’s no point being afraid of teams.” Hodgson must certainly be aware that Vardy will not be fazed in the slightest should he be brought into the starting lineup for Monday’s game against Slovakia.
(6) So we are talking about a process which, despite the best efforts of judges and the special advocates who represent the claimant in a closed material procedure, may militate against truth, and that is something everyone should take seriously, even the power-fazed Lib Dems.
(7) Aside from being a top player, one who commands respect within the group, Wayne is passionate about representing his country and won’t be fazed by the responsibility.” “Before a game, he is one of the most vocal players in the dressing room.
(8) Get good at busking and later, when you're playing the Pyramid stage, you know you won't be fazed.
(9) Rashford was still some way behind Bill Nicholson’s record, set in 1951, for scoring 19 seconds into his England debut but, more importantly, the new kid on the block confirmed he is not fazed easily.
(10) But not having a bike doesn’t appear to faze Uber: with the swipe of a finger I turn from “Uber Bicycle” to “Uber Walker”, and with jobs like Nicholas’s begins the slow attempt to earn enough money to buy a new bike.
(11) Initially at least it certainly succeeded in fazing a France team deployed in characteristic 4-4-2 guise.
(12) There have been times when the requirement for a draw would not have fazed Italians.
(13) The downsides are the cold in winter and having to empty the toilet every few weeks, but these haven't fazed her.
(14) Her DC Rachel Bailey, in Scott & Bailey , isn't fazed by the contents of a dead body's anal swab, a dodgy ex who tries to have her killed, or even her permanent hangover.
(15) García told the Guardian that poll didn’t faze him.
(16) Kokkinos says the first time he performed in America he was quite fazed by the fact that people started laughing during moments he considered painful.
(17) Fincher, baby-faced over breakfast tea in London, isn't fazed.
(18) If the arrival of an attacking partner galvanised Jonathan Walters, confrontation by 4-4-2 fazed Newcastle.
(19) The topsy-turvy idea of immigrants being made to respect supposedly British values, such as free speech, while being excluded from these themselves did not seem to faze Mr Woolas at all.
(20) He has already shared stories with me of growing up in care and moving between London and his family in Wolverhampton, so I'm confident these new surroundings don't faze him.