| 单词 | bothered |
| 例句 | No one ever bothered me anti I never had to use it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Six feet tall and two hundred pounds, Marshall had permission to take extra “medical” showers be-cause, he explained, he was bothered by a bullet lodged near his shoulder. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls often held hands and no longer bothered to speak to the lower students. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t know why he’s so bothered,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Like a mouse, I scrambled for a hiding place, but I need not have bothered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The video is still running on his empty chair, but I can’t be bothered to turn it off. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Restless and not wanting to be bothered, she kept pushing me away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And the books they stood on the shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on top because he had not bothered to put them back properly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z No one bothered to take much heed of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What I’m bothered about is Mother. Suppose that creature went into her room. She might frighten her to death.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “If your father ever bothered to take you fishing, you wouldn’t have forgotten everything I taught you.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But yeah, I'd just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn't be bothered. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Sixty years, forty, even, is as much as anybody feels like being bothered with. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But they needn’t have bothered What he was thinking about was the bottle in his wardrobe, and he disappeared at once into his bedroom and locked the door. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Even my father, who safeguarded his possessions with a military order and zeal, never bothered with it, considering it a colony of junk that was mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that no one had bothered to clean out the lower deck since the voyage began. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I was ashamed that I’d seen him around camp for three years and never even bothered to learn his name. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘You wouldn’t be bothered to go out and catch a mouse in the barn like other cats, would you?’ he said. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Riddle just got a diary for Christmas and couldn’t be bothered filling it in.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Neither of them bothered to watch the lame rabbit as he limped back by the way he had come. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouted a hello to the house and I made a noncommittal noise; Matlock was being awesome and I couldn’t be bothered to look away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Even though the cold hadn’t bothered the dragon, he had noticed her shivering. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “That always bothered me when I was young. You must want to kill someone really badly to shoot a gold arrow at him. Why not just keep the gold and go home?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But Vincent can understand her and isn’t bothered by any of this. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The thatch roof and cracked unpainted walls bothered Ugwu, but not as much as the cavernous pit latrine in the outhouse with a rusting zinc sheet drawn across it to keep flies out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Meme was bothered by the vulgarity of that. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That was a bit of a stretch, but Mrs. Caruthers hadn’t seemed bothered by the woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He was bothered, however, that we had not yet asked Todd’s opinion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But Ben refused to even read what she had written; flirtations with sacrilege bothered him deeply. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up to see him watching me with cruel delight, like a raptor bird trying to decide whether to be bothered devouring a small mouse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The assassin might have bothered to care about the slight if she had any interest in courtiers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She’d tried junior college, but couldn’t be bothered to do more than cash the financial aid check. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He’s never bothered to filter himself with Henry, at first because he honestly didn’t care what Henry thought, and now because it’s how they are. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Well, say you leave the tap running while you clean your teeth, or leave the house with a light burning, or drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z This wasn’t even an accurate insult, and it bothered me that it was so lazy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Neither of them bothered to point out that baseball teams cost way more than five million dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But something about the street bothered Mac as soon as he saw it: we were in the center of Cape Town in the middle of the day, and yet the street was empty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All those times I wanted her to memorize my name and I never bothered to learn hers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He wondered why they hadn’t talked about it, why they'd both pretended that it hadn’t bothered them that their kids were gone. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The front of the cage had a slot for the name of the inhabitant, but no one had bothered to use it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But something about the tone of his voice bothered me, and I pulled out of my dive and swung my mech back around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Santa Sofía de la Piedad never seemed bothered by that lowly position. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Surveys to determine what issues bothered parents and students were drawn up and mailed out, and the responses were processed in order to formulate an agenda. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They had never bothered much with clarifying at the farm as there had hardly been enough syrup or sugar for the family, but the mistress was very particular and stood over Lyddie directing her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Tonists, who must have been used to all sorts of travel, weren’t bothered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In fleeting clear spells of lucidity, when Amaranta would bring him his meals he would tell her what bothered him most and would accept her sucking glasses and mustard plasters in a docile way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was as loud as a hundred car wrecks happening all at once, but no one, including me, even bothered to look in its direction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And yet the more I studied the feeling churning in my gut, the more convinced I became that it wasn’t the drop itself that bothered me, but something beyond it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Palmer replied, not wanting to be bothered and already not liking this kid. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Sister Mukumbu wasn’t bothered by our giggling or by Hirohito’s sighing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered Thomas that Chuck didn’t seem to care about what he’d just said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Waiting in lines never bothered me, but a woman motioned me to follow her. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We brand our cattle, of course, but I’ve never bothered to check to see if any of our slaves carry brands. Is that a common practice, dearie?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Wondering why he even bothered to dissect its motives. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He purposely took big mouthfuls to prove nothing bothered him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z That kind of slip up bothered him a lot, and for maybe five minutes he could not concentrate as he should have on the ground below. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The people of the Capitol are going nuts, showering us with flowers, shouting our names, our first names, which they have bothered to find on the program. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It still bothered him that he couldn’t sense any spirits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And I never even bothered to call him back. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It had been a full year since they lost their dad, about the time people start to get past their grief, but no one, it seemed, had bothered to tell that to Will’s family. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But something else bothered him - a cold sense of foreboding, as if he hadn’t heard the worst news yet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Besides, we never bothered to examine our Norfolk theory in any detail. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z From the way it looked here, where you could hardly be bothered to lift your feet to step over a dead woman's arm, he did not think he would be needing apologies or tributes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Kakuma was pitch black at night on those days because nobody bothered to kindle a cooking fire. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger was not at that moment really bothered about whether Max’s speech had saved his life or not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I would use the excuse that the monument was being built, and the noise and dust and activity bothered me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something I needed to explain to Anatole, but I couldn’t be bothered with it at the peak of a contraction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Guiltily he remembered he had not bothered to meet them last Thursday, nor the Sunday before, nor the Thursday before that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s the only one who bothered to tell me that I walk funny. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Dana and his cronies customarily occupied the back rows and seldom bothered the kids sitting up near the driver. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think I knew how much it bothered me until I hear myself telling him off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It’s like they had talked to each other beforehand about redoing their image at the new school, but hadn’t bothered to clue me in. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Baaz Mtombé’s Night Zoo was rumored to hold over a hundred exotic species within its confines; in her eleven years of contracted service to it, Koffi had never bothered to count. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The child’s mental powers bothered no one and produced no great disorder; they almost always surfaced in matters of minor importance and within the strict confines of their home. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It lacks air-conditioning, something Gerald and Lydia have never bothered to install because they are never there when it’s hot, and the enormous windows lack screens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ajax didn’t seem too bothered by any of it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She wore a basket on her head when the sun bothered her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z People who can’t be bothered to come up with a name for their child aren’t likely to be the best parents either. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And it never bothered him to leave them behind, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But when I was snuggled in with my brothers and sisters, their howling never bothered me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had bothered me before; who else would it be? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z What bothered her most about that fleeting vision was that she felt it was exactly like her, as if she had seen herself twenty years in advance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I wondered why I had bothered to try to convince him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It had its center and fountain, but there were fewer stores and it was quiet enough that the dogs could sleep on the street and not be bothered. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the words that bothered her—nothing too frightening there—it was the idea that someone was sneaking around and leaving them on her porch. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But otherwise they seldom bothered with the biguns and their passionately emotional and corporate life was their own. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I knew it had probably just slipped off a chair, but it still bothered me to see it lying on the floor like that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was only one problem—no one had bothered to consult with President Thieu. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I was nine when I bothered my dad about love,” I say, looking through the postcards again at places in my own city I never visited. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He never bothered to explain his prices to them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z During her long captivity, her gaolers had not oft bothered with even that simple courtesy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was the sort of thing she said just before she left, and it bothered me, because it seemed as if she wanted him to be meaner, less good. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z No one seemed to be bothered by my being there, so I just watched. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t be bothered to get up and turn off the light. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She hadn’t bothered to tell them, of course, and accepted both their payments. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She looked up and said very calmly, “How can you say that? You haven’t even bothered to open the front cover. Try it, you never know. The book may come to life before your eyes.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z How my father never bothered with what was happening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rest of the Council couldn’t be bothered?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The fact that the Japanese had attacked Hawaii rather than invaded the continental United States was a distinction that neither of us bothered to quibble over. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Which I figure to do myself, if Dad can’t be bothered. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was...it was incredibly annoying that no one in my family had bothered to tell me any of this. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The tests had questions you answered on a scale of zero to three, with zero meaning something wasn’t a particular concern and three meaning the client was bothered “a lot.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I had never bothered to want anything that badly, for I knew it was no use. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It was light outside now, but nobody had bothered to turn off the lamp. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he never bothered to open them at all. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I said this: “Dad, I’ve been bothered about something somebody said to me a few days ago.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z That sounded good, so she stuck with it, but the mistakes bothered her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Nobody bothered to tell me that study hall was being held in the library today. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Especially someone who can’t even be bothered to move his fingers along the frets. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The Captain of the Guard, who hadn’t bothered to wear a mask, extended his hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I never bothered with a calendar, but I heard them saying it was the middle of the month. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in my blood, you might say, and however the notion got there, it bothered me greatly. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No-one bothered to look at a little ragged boy running along on bare feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “They never bothered me, though one almost stepped on me by accident once.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z What bothered Hazel, Dandelion and Hawkbit was the openness and strangeness of the down and their inability to see very far ahead. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dr. van Heerden is Afrikaans. It’s a different kind of white person. He doesn’t like to be bothered by children, so stay out of his way.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d ended up on some small, nowhere road—which probably shouldn’t have bothered Stokumites such as ourselves, but seriously, the thing hadn’t even been plowed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Living as far as they had from the village, the Worthens had never even bothered to pay pew rent in the village congregational church. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The words bothered me more than they should — probably because his speculation hit home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Anyone who wanted to take it easy and not be bothered had better not have a company like Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course I wouldn’t tell on him, but it still bothered me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z That sounded good, so she stuck with it, but the mistakes bothered her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The warders even complained about the disarray, but never bothered to investigate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since no one bothered pulling the curtain around to give me some privacy, I decided I wasn’t obligated to wear the stupid-looking neck brace anymore. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Bragg in fact was still bothered by the fiasco. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Evan never bothered to look at the mail, but Jessie was always entering contests and expecting to win, so she flipped through the letters right away. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He never bothered to check up on it, and now he calls my mother whenever there’s a problem, which means he actually calls Kate because Mom never bothers to check voicemail. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But now I’m too focused on the golden doorknob—the only thing on the house with any luster left—to be bothered by it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I wasn’t shaking, wasn’t really bothered at all by the impending fallout. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They had to walk through some rough neighborhoods, but nobody bothered them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Whoever had created this section of the Axrenox cityscape hadn’t bothered to reset the security codes in the template. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No one else seems bothered by these bets—they have no reason to be, really, because only the big bets are bolded and significantly change the tallies on either side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her husband divorced her five years ago because she couldn’t be bothered about picking things up and taking care of her home. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And then you’re bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I kept looking at the picture and wondering why this one bothered Momma so much. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I could tell that bothered him, and I realized there was so much about Dari that I didn’t know. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I ask for Henek, but the guard isn’t much bothered whether I talk to the prisoners or not. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The thieves hadn’t bothered to take any of the herbs drying overhead. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gods and goddesses could not be bothered with hearing prayers from mortals; that was why Father Olufemi held shukrani services to receive and relay prayers on the people’s behalf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The boy puts on an attitude of impatience: he’s much too busy with matters of state to be bothered by maids and a chauffeur. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen Bella was the only one who bothered ferreting out his meanings any more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Funny, but he had never been bothered by Tyger’s shallow nature before. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z More than anything else, the girl’s recklessness bothered her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Sleeper hadn't bothered to tie up their hands. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m already a kicked-wide, open-souled mess; would prefer not to add hot and bothered to the mix, especially since—hello!—he still has a girlfriend. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You bet they communicate. And the next time they do come, you can be sure they’ll case the place carefully. We were lucky. These rats hadn’t been bothered for years. They’d grown careless.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She had bothered him so much that he had had to tell her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, the honorable House of Wu is above any suspicion. I was just checking to make sure the household was not bothered by these, uh, young nuisances.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We were not bothered with the telephone again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the roof of the warehouse the ’hood lay in smoldering darkness, the amber lights of the sleepless glaring, forming odd patterns of bothered art. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still in her nurse’s uniform; she hadn’t even bothered to change. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well you needn’t be bothered by having a kid with you any longer then. I’m off. I’ve had enough of this place. And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly, stuck-up, obstinate pig!” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “And any time you’re bothered about anything, come and see me. Let’s talk it over.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew that this was jealousy, intended to discredit and destroy me as a tennis player, and it bothered me and made me angry. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But he must be of some value or they wouldn't have bothered to let him live. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Whoever destroyed the first floor hadn’t bothered coming up here. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He did have a nice set shot, though, and his small, fast hands bothered the boy he guarded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Reminds Scoob of her former attic door—had to push it a little harder than all the other ones, and it always groaned as it opened like it was annoyed at being bothered. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If they can’t be bothered to talk to me, then I don’t want anything to do with them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The importance here is that this was the first rich man who had bothered to do so, the first noble. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z No one else seemed bothered by it; even the U.N. approved. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, I shoved the paper into my bedside table drawer, right on top of the phone number I’d never bothered throwing out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was hard not to stare at them, the way they sauntered, the way they acted like nothing had bothered them—ever—even though they’d just been locked up for years. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her mother hadn’t even bothered to leave a note saying good-bye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His mother never bothered to knock in the morning, but came right in. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It bothered me almost as much as the dream about Grover. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me that they should treat me like a geography lesson for their son. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Didn’t I just tell you, she said she didn’t care that I didn’t have money, what bothered her was that I had no vision of how to get it.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I pointed out that it had never bothered him before. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was unremarkable enough to me at that point that I never even bothered to check further about what he was keeplocked for. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And she had held my wrist and said thank you each time, and one time she had not even bothered saying it out loud but had just lip-synced. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, tell me which one bothered you. Don’t be afraid. Nobody’s going to hurt you,” Mr. Crane said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That bothered Mom, but they didn’t fight it out like couples do on TV. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z When he’d arrived, he’d been bothered by the lack of people, of sounds, feeling on display, but now the crowd bothers him even more. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In any case, they rarely bothered him, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z With a wink of her eye, the fire transformed to steam, which lifted several spit-up stains that she had not bothered to clean yet from her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The silence of the door closing bothered Nathan, because it seemed like Uncle Jet was hiding something. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The white girl never bothered her again, but Joycelyn would always consider the incident a personal defeat, saying, “I felt I should have been stronger; I should have been above that.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He let me stand there in silent, gut-twisting worry, for what felt like nearly an hour before he bothered to look up from whatever he was doing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z These had to be other beastkeepers, ones that either hadn’t managed to escape or hadn’t bothered trying. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And the more I began to appreciate what she did for my family, the less her accent and hyperactivity bothered me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She ended, however, by reading each one including those Sweetness had not bothered to tear open. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreaded the thought of the night ahead, but not for the reasons one might expect—that I was worried about the police, or that my conscience bothered me, or anything of the sort. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a simple piece of foolery but it had bothered Doc ever since. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You would think he’d be used to this by now, but it was kind of cool that it still bothered him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My knitting basket is one of the few things I bothered to unpack when I moved here. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Amaka smiled into the mirror, a thin, patronizing smile that seemed to say I should not have bothered lying to her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me off and on for years. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Eighteenth-century record keeping wasn’t very precise, so no one bothered to write down his name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “He ached for it. He had a vulnerable side that most people didn’t see; it really bothered him that he wasn’t more widely respected as a butt-kicking climber. He felt slighted, and it hurt.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Only one thing bothered me: Since I now knew that their real objectives were never revealed at committee meetings I needed some channel of intelligence through which I could learn what actually guided their operations. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled like Fireballs—another candy Fred and I never bothered with. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the slashed throat that really bothered him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And it never bothered him to leave them behind, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z What bothered him more was that, without the hydroponics idea to keep him busy, Dad barely left the farm for the rest of the winter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t respond, and nobody else bothered to. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It is a testament to Darwin’s scientific audacity that he was not particularly bothered by the prospect of human descent from apelike ancestors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In the morning neither the empty and unfamiliar surroundings nor the stiffness of my side bothered me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not generally admired for these views, but that fact bothered him hardly at all. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the team that bothered me, it was the press. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And since he hadn’t bothered to learn Unseen, he could almost be forgiven for thinking so. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And the hall light was flooding the bedroom, but I couldn’t be bothered getting up and turning it off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A man waiting at the next bus stop is literally on fire, but he doesn’t seem bothered by it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then you can grow up bothered by “neither ghosts nor deities.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like he knew the answers, but didn’t want to be bothered answering them or, like, even speak. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The backlash that really bothered Ellsberg came from his former co-workers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Baby, I wasn’t doing a thing in the world but trying to help you out. I thought maybe you wanted to go somewhere tonight and you didn’t want to be bothered with no shopping.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I think that bothered Lily almost as much as Nathan not calling and not coming back. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The more He bothered me, the less I could forget Him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was enough for a small army, and it bothered him and he couldn’t pin it down—how or why it bothered him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He was very old, every organ in his body had long since betrayed him, and most of his important decisions regarding Florin had a certain arbitrary quality that bothered many of the leading citizens. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a land of milk and honey up there, and Captain York and Captain Williams had just never bothered to come back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake was still going to the bank in the afternoons, but Alfred couldn't get bothered about it, not when he felt his muscles flex every time he stacked the canned goods or lifted a box. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never bothered to check on him—not once—since he was injured. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Those who broke the rules to go to Mr. P’s no longer bothered with her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It never bothered me before tonight, because I guess I’m used to it and I’ve never expected it be any other way. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe they bothered her most, the sweet ones. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one even bothered to tell me! I would have bought more bananas!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead of saying, I’ll see you later, like a normal person, she shouts late at you, like she is too busy to be bothered with adding the r. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z What bothered her even more, however, was that William had leapfrogged her when it came to ability, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But he was bothered every day that he was at Levy’s Lodge by his wife simply because she resented his not wanting to be bothered by Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for them and wondered if the dogs were bothered by the fleas as much as I was when they invaded our bed at night. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me while we were cleaning up this place that I didn't find a single thing to indicate that Cheddar had ever lived here. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Nobody bothered them; none of the Gryffindors had anything to say to Harry any more, after alL This was the first night he hadn’t been upset by it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As long as I minded my own business, they never bothered me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered George particularly when he was playing the “Scarf Dance,” which was rather lively. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Ruby thought it was true, and to her surprise, it bothered her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nobody, not even the tiny children, bothered with lifebelts in those days. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My drinking never really bothered me before we started reading all these books about people changing and wanting to make a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That almost bothered me more than anything else. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't know why, but it bothered hell out of me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Bees bumbled through the air, so stuffed with apple they couldn’t be bothered to sting me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The 4TH JUROR, in tie and jacket, is seemingly not bothered by the heat at all. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered to comment on how perfect her form was. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had not even bothered to scribble numbers on the back of a napkin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I actually find it quite useful,” Bob said quietly, to himself, but he took his pack away and bothered us no more. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Vincent admits that he hasn’t bothered with clothes or appearances at all recently. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When he had approached the duke about Verin’s death, he hadn’t seemed bothered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “His name is Max. Which you’d know if you’d bothered to be here on time. You even missed the announcement of the grand prize.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You were the only one who bothered to take me seriously,” she said, smiling with warmth that she meant. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After the second night they no longer bound his hands, and once they had gained the heights they scarcely bothered to guard him at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She rowed very well but the oars were too long and bothered her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But also I had been assessing myself as a prison guard and was bothered by my conclusions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell you where that peculiarity come from ’cause don’t neither Pap nor Ma get bothered by being around folk that’s smelling ripish. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know the radio bothered you so much. You never told me.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Even when he cut school more than he bothered to go. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Was it, perhaps, their friendship that bothered you? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Coraline wondered if the other mother wasn’t interested in trees, or if she just hadn’t bothered with this bit properly because nobody was expected to come out this far. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z But of course, looking backward, I could see a dozen clues that, had I bothered to add them together, would have led me to that very conclusion. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s still six days until Christmas, but no one’s bothered to water it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much as I say, but she was changed, and it bothered me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sensed that my father did not need to be bothered by a crying child. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Worse yet, what if she had passed away and nobody had bothered telling us? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It really bothered Emma that she couldn’t calculate the odds, because of not knowing all the possible names in the world. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Our mother is so sure none of us would want to go near his house she hasn’t bothered to forbid it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was increasingly annoyed by the fact that the white students who complained about affirmative action never bothered to complain that it was unfair to lower-class whites. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo tried very hard to understand all the things he’d been told, and all the things he’d seen, and, as he spoke, one curious thing still bothered him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn't tell him about the handwriting, which bothered me most of all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When I asked Mom why they bothered, when all that stuff would be gone soon, her eyes filled with tears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I figure I am doomed to go through the rest of my life noticing whether ties and shirts go together and being bothered if they don’t. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z This had never bothered Nick before because he hardly ever had homework. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face looked so flat and empty, so far away, as if it hung miles above the earth and could not be bothered by anything happening on the little planet below. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was cold beneath the thin soles of her shoes, but she was used to the cold; it no longer bothered her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Or perhaps I’m kidding myself and it was the idea of possibly being sent there that bothered me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips down my palm, and I shiver and understand it completely. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This bothered no one in the entire neighborhood...unless your name was Beiderman. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes, my mom would introduce me to people as the youngest child, and it bothered me deeply. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She knew where Peris lived from the one message he had bothered to send since turning pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I bothered you, Susan. I’m just having a tough time. That’s all. Have a good one,” I said and walked away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It bothered him, knowing I wanted to be in another place, dressed like someone else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Jetta came here last year, and she didn’t speak English very well. Boss was the only one who bothered to talk to her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My infant brother, Luke, was in a car seat, which nobody had bothered to belt in, so it squished me into the door when his father took a sharp turn. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But her mother hadn’t bothered to answer that question. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Yet his words bothered her, pried open the door for new doubts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was reliable and did his work, but he always felt the need to look over my answers before handing them in with his, which bothered me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Still, it bothered me that I didn’t understand the name of this place, I knew I must be missing something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I remembered that it was Sunday, and that bothered me: I don’t like Sundays. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Aside from my dayee Mehrdad, who had an American wife, we were the only other family among my relatives who bothered to celebrate Christmas. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But up until then, maybe I hadn’t realized how much it bothered him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “We do not want to be bothered by anyone,” one of the boys said in a deep voice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That doesn’t mean anything to you, probably, if you even bothered to pronounce it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So desperate was his flight that he had dropped his sword and not bothered to retrieve it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “No one would have bothered to investigate a family like the Khans even a few years ago,” Asif said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Neither Aunt Sponge nor Aunt Spiker could ever be bothered to take him out herself, not even for a small walk or a picnic, and he certainly wasn’t permitted to go alone. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She had thought for an instant that the miracle was going to be repeated with her daughter, because she had been bothered by a sudden flapping of wings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It bothered me even more that I cared. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nixon was determined to hide how much the successful Moratorium bothered him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I explained that I had to go out, and he did not seem at all bothered or upset; in fact he was surprised that I was worried about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t be bothered with parents who bragged about their children’s accomplishments, yet she insisted we strive for the highest professional goals. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d figured that would be enough to get me most of the way down, though, so I hadn’t bothered exchanging it for a full one. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The ebony hounds’ ears were erect, though they didn’t seem to be bothered by the stillness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They had hardly bothered Frank at all since the crew had crossed into Greece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I threw a look at Jay, but he wasn’t bothered like I was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The smart one—the dark one—bothered her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The boys hadn’t been on the bus, they hadn’t bothered to come to class. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z You want an animal that is piqued, peeved, vexed, bothered, irked, annoyed—but not homicidal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Unaware of my plight, poor Thomas was obviously bothered by my unusual silence. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z No one had bothered to patch it up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In fact, only a few bothered to hold on at all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No one had bothered about them then—and if they were observed it was the big Greek on whom attention was focused. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I was surprised by how much that bothered me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And it bothered me that I was forced away at the conclusion, when the fiction closed tight, like a fortuneteller’s fist—the futures of all the major characters neady resolved. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the phone, he hadn’t bothered to ask what she looked like, assuming he’d recognize her, but now he is no longer sure. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But that never bothered Laney; he had always been the same to her, and she loved the way he talked nice and slow so she could understand all the words. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Things you never would see in my neighborhood, unless you counted Mrs. Wilson’s rotting “deck” made of two by fours, which she began to put together herself but never bothered to finish. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Matt no longer bothered about the thorn in his foot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Something eaten in Paris had not gone down properly, but he told me not to be bothered. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It must not have been an important mountain, because they never bothered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The woman had been sitting across the room horn the letter the whole time, but they’d never bothered to search her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It took him a little while, as my father had not bothered to mention the majority of the baron’s titles such as the Viscount of Montrone and Lord of Trelliston. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It hadn’t even bothered to look at Palmer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A 4-F card came to me in the mail, and I never heard from the Army anymore, and never bothered to ask why I was rejected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lieutenant Kappe bothered the hell out of me to give him some reliable address in the United States through which he could always reach me." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z These were the people who bothered me most. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z We hadn’t bothered to turn on the overhead light, and that was soothing, too—just sitting in the dark. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I told her it bothered me how none of us ever talked about Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I couldn't explain why it bothered me so much. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In his case, however, no one had bothered to acknowledge his letter with even a postcard. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She never bothered to find out when a train was due, she simply sat in the station and waited until a train came which was going in the direction she desired. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She screamed and hit me, but nobody else even bothered looking at us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I thought the sheriff was probably going to put me in jail, and it wasn’t the thought of jail that bothered me so much. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Small gestures, to be sure, but suddenly Joe recognized them for what they were, gestures of respect, and they bothered him a little. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z High John’s comment bothered me, but I tried to push past it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I can’t be bothered rounding up all you people when we get ready to go.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You are always badgering me about my ring; but you have never bothered me about the other things that I got on my journey.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Judging by the poisonous look Eric gives Four when he isn’t paying attention, last night’s loss must have bothered Eric more than he let on. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I feel antsy and strange—like I’m bothered by something, but I can’t remember what. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There had never been electricity, but I found matches on the mantel that no one had bothered to take, and there was some firewood still in the pile. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was not Benton Sage who was bothered by the conversation that night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Still, I followed the girls back to their block after dinner and gave them the washi tape I’d brought along for some reason but hadn’t bothered unpacking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But I had to get him back, so I called him the only thing that bothered him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And this wintry weather bothered her too....She felt certain it was being caused by something more than just Diocletian’s scepter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t like my hair short; flies and mosquitoes bothered me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said that he would if he could be bothered.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered to knock on the door; they just wandered in. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z What bothered her, she realized as she covertly watched those girls, was that she would never have that circle of friendship. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “When was the last time you bothered to care for the reputation of my ‘esteemed’ father?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Most of the time people fill them with that blue Windex-y stuff, which is positively toxic—but every once in a while people can’t be bothered with the good stuff, and use water instead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I’d murdered him, but what bothered me was that he had lost the right to say yes or no about what happened to him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That bothered me, but not too much because I was accustomed to not getting everything I wanted. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Byrd doesn’t seem bothered by the fact that only one wall has windows. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Put that way, it made sense to be afraid; so I hadn’t bothered about that. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she was proud that her command of the language was growing, it bothered Amari that she still spoke it so poorly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark circles under his eyes were darker than usual, and he had not bothered to shave. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Todd13 scowled and his face actually turned red—a sign that he hadn’t bothered to turn off his account’s real-time emotion feature, which made your avatar mirror your facial expressions and body language. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that he was my cousin's cousin, and my parents hadn't bothered to tell me he'd enrolled in my kindergarten class. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I ain’t bothered no woman last summer or last fall either,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Jack exchange glances, and I can tell they’re bothered by my attitude, but neither of them says anything. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And Sheed couldn’t be bothered to get his head out of the clouds. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The way she leaned in close to me at the end of our session bothered me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The quiet bothered her even more than the smell or the heat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always bad news, so sometimes days went by before he bothered to take out his strangely sharp little key and open the metal box by the front gate. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Whenever things at school bothered me, I went out on the water to shake it off. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I sometimes wonder why I even bothered with French class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z More than a week passed before I slowly caught on that a family of leftish leanings could be bothered by the way their guests were attired. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t wear it, if she’d bothered to collect it at all. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z What bothered him was that he “still had sexual feelings for her.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z And, in fact, there was a TV, one Genie and Ernie hadn’t even bothered to watch, the one in the living room, which to Genie was just the land of the missing wheel piece. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But it hadn’t bothered me when Annie and I were racing the elevators back at the hotel. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “How many years am I surfing, and never has a shark bothered me,” Stef said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s not very bothered to watch them, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The idea that it might be difficult finding a single vine strand in a small sea of Snow Sand never bothered him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I smiled like always, but something about it bothered me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He was bothered, too, by the noise of the few steam vessels that Burnham, over his repeated objections, had authorized to travel the exposition’s waters alongside the electric launches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When he was a younger man, the freezing temperatures and piles of snow hadn’t bothered him so much, but last winter was too brutal. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Poet sewed a lot of leather and would seam it cleaner than I could, but if blood and flesh bothered the old man, it would only make things worse. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Underlanders had not bothered to post guards at his door now that they knew him better. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The burning crosses and shots in the night were common enough then that the porter wouldn’t have bothered to mention it if it was just that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This last image wasn’t as bright as the rest, and that bothered me a bit, but then the splendor of the entire Story Box swept me away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Few people bothered to return for a second helping, but one girl in her middle teens sat quietly on a bench waiting for a third. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Is your family keeping well? Your mother is not too bothered by her headaches, I hope?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Mistletoe, eh? Well, truth to tell, I wouldn’t have bothered with that either. Much too weedy.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z What bothered her, she realized as she covertly watched those girls, was that she would never have that circle of friendship. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t surprising to me that during our matches the rest of the US fencers hadn’t bothered to cheer for me, especially since I beat Dagmara to get to the semifinals. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wondered if it bothered any of them, knowing that thousands of indentured slaves lived and toiled here in the same building, just a few floors away from them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They bothered many of the people in town, but they left our orphanage alone. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, I couldn’t really get a bead on Ocean anymore, and it bothered me that it even bothered me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The knowledge that she was still a slave bothered her more and more. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She never seemed bothered, but that didn’t stop people from staring. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Even the teachers at school—except for Parvathi Teacher—never bothered to find out how much you could do; Amma didn’t really know either. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It bothered her to have everything in a muddle. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “If a friend texts and says, Til be at a party later,’ and you don’t pick up the text until tomorrow, you may as well not have bothered to pick up the phone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This is the question that has bothered him all night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There was something dashing about Chavez, with his small mustache; he said he hadn’t been bothered at all when Speros nicknamed him Zorro. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie, who never was one for explaining things because he took after Momma, said little except that “colored people hadn’t even bothered a hair on whitefolks’ heads.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He would stay here and if his own people bothered him he would use it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know why you bothered to put Finnick and me through training, Plutarch,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I wanted to leave them behind, to forget, to not be bothered by his taunts, but we are not always able to do what we want. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I think losing the shark bothered Fred so much that he had to get out of Rockport, even for a day. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I admit that bothered me a little, but not for long. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me to be shunned, but I was an unwed pregnant girl and I knew how people were. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Reading the letters, I was alternately thrilled that so many people had bothered to write and sunk low by such overwhelming evidence of Britain’s stupidity and indifference. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Watching the boy cry didn’t make me feel as good as I thought it would, but Jeremy never bothered me again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But of the whole business there was one angle that bothered him; he should have gotten more money out of it; he should have planned it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Beneath it all, he was worried that perhaps the elfin knights had come to collect his friend—and that Spurge hadn’t even bothered to say good-bye. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z No one had bothered to feed him since Captain Longfellow— who, like most Englishmen, was kinder to animals than to people—had dropped him on the pier along with all the other baggage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What most bothered me, however, was the isolation reading required. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the fact that she could simply erase herself bothered him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I want you to open a tunnel straight through this place. I don’t want to be bothered by Customs or Immigration. Start moving everybody below after my boys get here.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Within herself she was bothered by his independent spirit, his resistance to all kinds of social rigidity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But the way Colonel Parsons talked about it bothered me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from Bengali, he has never bothered to master another language. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I even bothered, since I just gave them a joyless glance and pitched them to the corner of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me that I had only sent her one picture. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The truth is, I wasn’t really bothered by what Carlotta had said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She wore kohl around her dark eyes—the only makeup she bothered with—amplifying their brooding intensity. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When no one had bothered him for a while, he asked, “Isn't it time for ‘Old Temperature’ to put in an appearance?” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But what bothered her most was the fact that so many scientists and journalists around the world continued to call her mother Helen Lane. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Jody’s father, watching the pony stop and start and trot and gallop, was a little bothered by it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered him that he could not come up with a name. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Still the bread goes stale and Mikey is so bothered by the waste he talks to a rich woman with a cookbook and she tells him make bread pudding. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem bothered by my newfound independence. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When they bothered to notice Claudia, they knew that she was one, also. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, nobody bothered to find out where insects came from. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The other diners tinned to stare, but I couldn’t be bothered. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I’m kind of bothered to be with Mackenzie right now, because she happens to be sucking on her favorite candy—a blue Ring Pop. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But it bothered me so much I finally told her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If they bothered to look closely, they’d see me farther above; they were peering straight at me, though their vision was focused a yard closer. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t have bothered you except that there’ve been some windows broken around here. We think it’s kids. I’m the security guard. I’ve got to be careful.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered trying to enter the wreckage to look for survivors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I can’t remember the circumstances exactly, whether I couldn’t find a babysitter that day or whether I’d even bothered to try. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One of the many questions that have often bothered me is why women have been, and still are, thought to be so inferior to men. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Little Skardebek wouldn’t settle on his shoulder because his shivering bothered her. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The color line no longer bothered C.P., but there remained the far less visible but just as substantial line of class separating himself from people like Howard Clement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But he just shakes his head, drops down into his bunk, and closes his eyes like he can't be bothered to reply. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Considering my whole situation, I was not about to be bothered by the spectrum of death at our picnic. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bothering Lancelot, who wanted to be alone with his misery, and Lancelot realized that he was being bothered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting radio time was a big deal, one she hadn’t even bothered to tell me about. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Night was the best time,- no one ever bothered her at night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Actually, what really bothered me was how everyone was bragging about how fun it was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But she was breathing quietly, no longer bothered by my dream or by me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is something that’s bothered me since I started following her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It was the first time she’d ever let on that she knew Cold Sassy laughed at her behind her back, and that it bothered her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "But Señorita Miss Carla could not be bothered with white sneakers. She wanted red sneakers, she wanted red sneakers." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I’m bothered, too, when things are unfair,” Ishmael said to her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And after that, when we fed Old Yeller cornmeal mush or fresh meat, he ate it and did well on it and never one time bothered our chicken nests. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry wasn’t bothered about what the neighbors would think, but he was anxious about how rude the Dursleys might be to the Weasleys if they turned up looking like their worst idea of wizards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure which possibility bothered him more. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On Trigonometry and Tears, there was a character named Rishon, who really bothered me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “This is just the outside, the part of the place she hasn’t bothered to create.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z No one bothered to tell me to move my party to another date, and worse yet, they were having the biggest Christmas party of the season without inviting me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he seem at all bothered by the fact that he had left a man dead? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy had started the business and made it a success, but now he couldn’t be bothered. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The problem was, whether I wanted to admit it or not, what other people thought bothered me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Walking down the main path we got a few odd looks, but no one bothered us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Stop & Shop never bothered to reopen the branch. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They had not bothered to brand the cattle because they had a bill of sale which acknowledged their Mexican brands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was not so much my age that bothered me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not wish to be bothered in the future by such tedious complaints. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the other girls hadn’t bothered turning it off when the alarm sounded. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry slipped on his Invisibility Cloak once he had found an empty passage, but he need not have bothered. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That bothered the social workers and the forces of the law more than anything else. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew it was a mess, and she wasn’t quite sure why that bothered her so much. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Somehow, neither of us had bothered to find out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had claimed we were a team, yet never bothered to open my letters, didn’t care what I had to say. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I wish she had not bothered with this. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She is nude except for an Oriental silk dressing gown she hasn’t bothered to tie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sidewalk in front of our building has been crumbling for years, and no one has ever bothered to fix it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It bothered him a little to lie about small things. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I suddenly noticed all kinds of things about my looks—things that had never much bothered me before. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A Pyrrhic victory is one where you win, but the cost of winning is so high that it would’ve been better if you'd never bothered with the war in the first place. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Grandma didn’t seem to be bothered that we had just brought down the property values of the entire neighborhood by offering to host this rusted-out piece of garbage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if that’s why the pageant has bothered me more this year than in the past. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When I replayed the whole incident in my mind, what bothered me most was the moment when the officer drew his weapon and I thought about running. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He gave me a look that said he didn’t want to be bothered, but he stopped anyway. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She was not to be bothered in any way, and was allowed free run of the estate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z These names bothered me in sixth grade when I was excited to start middle school and make friends. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It looked like nobody had even bothered to clear out the room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Howie can’t help but be bothered by the fact that his parents, while clearly devastated, are going to be fine without him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I assumed they had never bothered to check her school records; otherwise they might have stopped her going to the integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The corporals had no heart for a tangle with the Scotsmen, who could no longer be bothered with them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Actually, I’d never bothered to try very hard to roll anywhere. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I had sucked on my fingers as a baby, so when something bothered me, they still fluttered into my mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Ah, but they’re not. They’ve never bothered proving anything before—that’s what makes them so dangerous. With an officer of the city involved, they make the law do whatever it wants for them.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They don't want to be bothered with this issue and that issue.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I like to died when he asked that, but Jackie wasn’t one bit bothered. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I kept looking around for any of the agents, and also for a place to dig a hole, a place that wouldn't be bothered if I had to do time. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If any of this bothered Ethyne, she did not show it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z What bothered me most was that Barack exemplified everything parents on the South Side often said they wanted for their kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So no one until Galileo bothered to see whether bodies of different weight did in fact fall at different speeds. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew all this about range hogs, and plenty more; yet I still wasn’t bothered about the job facing me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And if they’re rich enough, they can’t be bothered to rent it out, so at any given time, maybe one in five of the cliffside homes in Laguna Beach are vacant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Still, for the first time it bothered me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Actually, they seemed more interested in me than in anything else; I was not bothered by their attentions and parried all of their questions blithely until the\\' at last grew rather personal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No, all in all, the thing that bothered Harry most was the fact that his chances of visiting Hogsmeade now looked like zero. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They returned to the tent, where they were less likely to be bothered. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Either they didn’t have any, or they didn’t want to be bothered with it, because one of them grabbed her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It is the image of their two names on the tag that she thinks of, a tag she had not bothered to save. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Poor Leslie will have to clean up the mess in her room tomorrow morning—I can’t be bothered to figure out where everything goes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And I lay awake wondering if either one was bothered by it—the thought of those four graves.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But bothered because, selfishly, I want a sport for myself. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Why did you jump in anyway? You needn’t have bothered.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She’d lived a life separate from the rest of family for reasons no one had ever bothered to explain to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She was empty-handed, which was weird for her, not that it bothered me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We burst into peals of laughter, and the roar of the guns bothered us no more; our fears had all been swept away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The sawdust in my eyes bothered me more than it had before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was named The Salmon because of the fishmonger next door but when the fishmonger shut down no one bothered to change the name. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them bothered us, but their hollow eye sockets followed us as we walked down the hall, toward the big set of doors at the opposite end. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She went right on whether or not Gilly bothered to reply. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Now, whenever Annabeth made a sarcastic comment, Rachel hardly bothered to answer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She’d spent so many years wondering what other people might want that she’d never bothered to figure it out for herself. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They had known each other since they were seven, she and Robbie, and it bothered her that they were awkward when they talked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I see by a blue light in the corner that no one bothered to erase the rankings that are written there—Uriah’s name is still at the top. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It might have bothered him at twelve years of age to be seen holding his mother’s hand, but he knew what would happen to her if he didn’t. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t as drunk as Will, but he couldn’t be bothered to fake a smile around me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It’d been a while since the bad smell of the alternate world had bothered Emma, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That night in particular he was getting all hot and bothered, as Mom would say. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He secretly summoned the masons and one of them revealed that he had walled up the bag in some bedroom because it bothered him in his work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And now with time to reflect, I realised why I was so bothered by what had happened in the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He still ran away bleating if any of the cows took it into their heads to look at him sideways, but most of the time they couldn’t be bothered and he managed to muddle through. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t have bothered; the boy was absorbed in his phone again, thumbs and fingers doing a furious dance on the keyboard. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I guess I had never bothered to pay attention to the dishwasher before. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As one, the Weasley boys and Harry stuffed their fingers into their ears, but Hermione, who hadn’t bothered, was soon tugging on Harry’s arm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes Patriot militiamen would come through Redding, and usually the officers would come into the tavern for a mug of beer, but they never bothered anybody, they just went away again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mom hadn’t asked too many questions after that lie, and Grace hadn’t bothered to explain anything beyond the basics. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z No wonder no one bothered to have me practice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Piper wasn’t sure what Hercules would do if he were bothered further. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I go to see if anyone has bothered to start the hominy in the big communal cook pot. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I know you’re really Maddie’s best friend. I never had a chance at all, and that bothered me. A lot. I shouldn’t have lashed out at you, though. I hope you’ll accept my apology.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I basically bothered my 2nd-grade teacher all day long asking for more math problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The more Finkle bothered me, I decided, the more determined I would become. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me, this image of the jungle man. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z At first I would have been embarrassed to tell him, later I just never bothered. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I should know this, but realize I never bothered to ask. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “But I want to know what happened. Which one bothered you?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to be bothered or talked to or anything. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Here they come already, unless I’m much mistaken. Straight down the open track, too! Not bothered about keeping hidden, are they? What a rate they’re going!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I kept swatting at mosquitoes that were buzzing around my father, who hadn’t bothered to use the bug spray. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His eyes bothered him most because moving them hurt him, and he couldn’t help following my movements or Nigel’s around the room. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Until that point, no one from the campaign had bothered to travel with me or show up for my events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even though Christmas was only two weeks away, Monique had not bothered with a tree or with lights or decorations of any sort for the apartment. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure of it. No one bothered you at the place?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I no longer bothered to jerk back my leg. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never known . . . never, in four years, bothered to find out. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If I spent my life being bothered by what other people thought of me, I’d never get anything else done, would I? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It bothered them, and they frankly didn’t know how a decent person could say a thing such as that, show such utter disrespect for the Lord. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What bothered me was that everything about the house seemed normal, although I knew it must be chock-full of crazy people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The sun sank and the evening came down, but it was a long time before I bothered to light the lamp. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even his favorite model cars, lined up on the shelves in the corner, bothered him today. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Is that why you get so bothered whenever we figure out what you’re thinking?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I said that since neither she nor Dad could be bothered to work, and since she refused to leave Dad, the government was going to do the job of splitting up the family for her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s not enough time left in the year to get anything in the kiln, so those of us who bothered to show up to ceramics at all have been left to our own devices. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She seemed like such a sniveling, cowardly fool that no one bothered about her until there were only a handful of contestants left. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure why he bothered, since we were only about fifty feet away. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z What bothered him most, though—he was afraid that the story would leak, that the men would learn the truth before the K.B.I. could question them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Was there any point getting Sahil hot and bothered about nothing? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘We were expecting to be found, bothered and tormented. We didn’t know by whom. Can you not leave us to our misery?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And I hadn’t even bothered to look at it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And I was perverse enough to be bothered by the ease. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Also my hair: I had this pageboy haircut, and I hadn’t even bothered to, like, brush it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Jordan never even bothered to come to the hospital. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a man who couldn't be bothered to throw trash away. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I asked Shoto why his brother had bothered to make out a “will” for his avatar, instead of just leaving his possessions in Shotos care. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Most teachers don’t want to be bothered with the reasons why. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And in staying away from Levy Pants, he was bothered even more by the company because something was always going wrong there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran to another kid whose arm was elbow deep in a barrel of fruity Tootsie Rolls—a candy neither Fred nor I bothered with. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z This man has come, she thinks, to other doors and not bothered to knock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I had my own room in the hotel and my grandmother never bothered with silly things like that. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z No one bothered to look for evidence against him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My father just seemed to be taking it all in, not particularly bothered. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had always been my father's favorite, and it seemed fitting I should take on a mourning my mother had never bothered with. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The eighth child was named Hazel before the mother got it through her head that Hazel was a boy and by that time she was used to the name and never bothered to change it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t even know it bothered you till we started walking over here. Manuel said it was a good movie. We put it on; not a big deal.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, this bothered Alicia, but she knew there wasn’t much she could do about it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was being seen as a lone kid that bothered him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem bothered by Vega’s sad music. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I was feverish, bothered by the sores that the drugs had brought out on my arms and chest, and I could not remember how I had meant to weave the story. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z And since most hadn’t bothered to learn any of their host language on the journey, they all needed interpreters. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The gleeful rendition had never bothered him before, but this morning it upset his ears. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z On the roads outside town, we'd drive past the gateways to what were once slave plantations, though they were enough of a fact of life that nobody ever bothered to remark on them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They both remembered thinking that it must have been obvious to anyone who bothered to look. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Mami didn’t seem as bothered by his absence and fed us soups, or creamy rice with milk, or hot sancochos made up of whatever leftovers she could fit into the pot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When they came out in the morning and saw what I’d done, no one was especially bothered except the priests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It also bothered me that I didn’t have a story. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As Mark unloads the supplies, he wonders if Boss and his partner have bothered to so much as dip themselves in the warm waters that surround them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It bothered him a little that Cilia was so faithful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Never bothered me, once I got used to it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He hated repeating it, didn’t know why he bothered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But the stories—those she could not remember, and it bothered her that she could not. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever bothered to change those documents since Papa’s time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After my father died, Bill no longer called, wrote, or bothered to check up on her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He was in his pajamas, hadn’t even bothered to get dressed, and this sent four-alarm chills running through my whole body. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry to have bothered you. I came to ask if you wanted to go on a drive.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her only baby, a two-year-old boy, died hard of the fever two years pass and ever since that happened, Mrs. Brown was being bothered by spells. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was drunk and had not bothered to dress himself, lounging on the sofa in a red robe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I could tell by the wrinkled brow and whiny tone that he was bothered by the fact that Fiona was doing my makeup. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’m in a state of absolute agony and I can’t be bothered.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But I don’t feel like being bothered, and I’m sure she can tell by the scowl I got on my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He never even bothered to count his drinks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The government of Russia under the Czars could not be bothered to investigate so trivial an event, which, after all, had occurred far away, among the backward Tungus people of Siberia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me intensely that he should be repeating the information about the cows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw my best friend’s fist raised, his standard greeting when he couldn’t be bothered because his nose was buried in a book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It really bothered me that they didn’t even try to understand me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A group of ewes grazed among the rocks as though they couldn’t be bothered to watch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She batted her lashes as though bothered by something in the air. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurried the phrase "educated at Oxford," or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Now that you’ve all finally bothered to arrive, perhaps we can begin.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He never bothered with the serious side at all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He says he is not sensitive to class distinctions, but he admits he was bothered when some people mistook him for the caterer at fund-raising dinners for the local Greek church he helped build. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z If I had known I was going to be running a half marathon all around the hospital, I might’ve bothered to bring my portable oxygen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Of course. Why else would I have bothered to journey so far to find you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I supposed that Papa was saving it for something because I never saw anything new tum up around our home, but, like any young boy, I wasn’t bothered by it and I asked no questions. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He never forgot anything but he never bothered to arrange his memories. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The sloppiness occasionally bothered me, but I had no room to complain. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Colonel and I said nothing, while a bunch of people who didn’t know Alaska extolled her virtues and professed to be devastated, and at first, it bothered me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Connelly hadn’t informed James about Michael’s loss as his employer never bothered over routine fluctuations in the hands, but Terrance’s curiosity had made it a problem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Sorry if he bothered you,” he said, herding the one I’d returned back to the others. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It never bothered me that we hardly went out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was suffocating even before we left the house, but rio one bothered to ask me how I felt. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was like nothing really bothered her, which I admired. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I went up and told him, and he just looked at me like I’d bothered him about more firewood. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Suitcase had never even bothered to examine our work and was rattled by the quantity of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not my habit to let my patients be bothered,” the doctor said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the pain that bothered him; Harry was no stranger to pain and injury. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the edge of his consciousness he could hear Leslie singing along and drowsily wondered why she bothered. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She tried to tell herself that it didn’t matter—that Charlie would not be bothered, but she was too bothered by it herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z If we were alone, I would ask why I can’t be here when she talks to them, or why she bothered to bring me in when I could have stood guard outside the whole time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He has only seen the paperwork involved with the circus in passing, hasn’t bothered to scrutinize the details of the thing in years. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Go back to your work, lad. I'm sorry to have bothered you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Dad hadn't even bothered telling me to go to Chariots of Fire on my own. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Before that numbers were hopelessly unreliable, and no one bothered to produce population figures for whole countries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The possibility no longer bothered me as it once had. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a physical sensation that almost bothered him when he walked, like a pebble in his shoe. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I glance at Isabella, wondering if she’s on the verge of freaking out too, but she doesn’t seem bothered. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Amari watched frantically, waiting for someone to rescue them, but the sailors, too busy with the sudden storm, never even bothered to glance overboard to see the fate of the mother and child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But since he couldn’t put his finger on what it was that bothered him, Velutha misunderstood his muddled concern. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The shoes he’d never bothered to put back on dangled from the fingertips of his other hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The fact that the yellow chintz armchair in the living room clashed with the blue-and-maroon Turkish carpet no longer bothered her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She could not be bothered to send them to their own room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It blew my mind how things like this just never bothered him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m also dying for a drink, but I can’t be bothered going over to the tap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Neither one bothered to look it up for they both knew the number was 522. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Are Dalian residents bothered by working for the Japanese, whose government has still never formally apologized for what the wartime Japanese government did to China? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The next day her brother paid him a visit and he never bothered her again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z No one from the Elizabeths bothered with treasure hunting anymore. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s bizarre to watch when I think how I never even bothered to try one on before the cameras arrived. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t even bothered to visit the jellies exhibit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The game of choice: Call of Duty, World War II, which really bothered his parents. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Today I finally managed to ask him whether my chatter bothered him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “All the colored folk on both sides of the creek knew. No one bothered to tell me.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z No one had bothered us when we were in plain sight along the railway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Add two and zero and you get two; it is as if you never bothered to add the numbers in the first place. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s the type of thing that would have stopped Lucy from eating here, but Millie doesn’t seem all that bothered. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’m bothered about it too, but I guess it makes me more scared than angry. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The noise that bothered Franklin most was the fuzzy static in the DNA pictures. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Once, we bothered students with persistent annoyances,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then he called two policemen, who escorted us home so we would not be bothered by the patrol. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was bothered by the people who cheered him in neighboring villages, and he imagined that they were the same cheers they gave the enemy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The fact that he never bothered to remember our names was insulting, but neither was that slight, alone, enough to make us despise him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was ready, ready to meet the black and savage man who bothered him and abused his arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like nothing bothered him one little bit. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Maxine will be there to greet him at Penn Station, something she has never bothered to do in the past, waiting for him under the arrivals-and-departures board. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This was part of her cleverness, because others in her fortunate situation might have taken it entirely for granted and not bothered comparing themselves with others. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z People he never bothered with one way or another now seemed to have his ear. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Ess was bothered a bit by the bees at first, and ran around waving her arms in the air whenever one landed on her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The thing that bothered me most about my little brother was the way he constantly corrected everyone’s grammar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Ashish shrugged, like he couldn’t be bothered with such banalities as figuring out where Dimple’s roommate was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z What bothered him was that American policy in Vietnam was failing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Blacks had offered their services as a group, and yet Carey had not bothered to praise them for this or honor them to the same degree he honored those on the committee. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z So there had to be something about the name that bothered them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z So Meggie had only the ginger cat who sometimes came visiting when it couldn't be bothered to compete with the dogs on the farm next door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But that was another Mildred, that was a Mildred so deep inside this one, and so bothered, really bothered, that the two women had never met. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one from the police ever bothered to respond,” said Bert. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Neither of us was bothered by the quiet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Yeah, well, I wouldn’t have bothered trying to write anything except that Open Mike Friday is one time I know I can get Tyrone Bitting’s attention, and I’ve got a thing for Tyrone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t bothered by the other kinds, though. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It made her seem strange to the other colored residents, she knew, but seeming strange had not bothered her for a long time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Weese never imagined she could read, though, so he never bothered to seal the messages he gave her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only thing that bothered me was when a double-decker bus came along because then I couldn't see across the street and I couldn't see where the hell she was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I also wondered if it bothered him that Sookie knew something about me that he didn’t. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A decent squat, and with Tool as their protector, no one bothered them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Now he understood why those tourists had bothered him right away, and why this thing’s voice sounded so familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It never bothered Mom if people turned and stared at her, even in church. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was only my dad, and he didn’t like when I bothered him when he was on his treadmill, but I didn’t really have a choice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Like nothing has ever bothered her in her life. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z If anyone bothered him while he was imagining this, he would get annoyed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was still bothered because she’d seen it first, she could tell, and because she had turned out to be the one to come to the rescue. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise this would not have bothered you so much. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of his partners, his immediate superiors and inferiors down in the capital, were Chicanos, and this had never bothered him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, the silence in the room really bothered me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z So much of the divorce, and the other man, had bothered him, but coming close to death in the woods had led him to understand some things about himself and other people. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z That bothered him, but not as much as these quirky strangers noticing it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But his mannered English bothered her as she got older, because it was costume, his shield against insecurity. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But there were things about this church that bothered her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It bothered him, like a sand grain in the eye of his scientific instinct. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We wouldn’t have bothered her if she’d decided to crawl up and dig a nest. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the paper never identified this statement as rumor and never bothered to retract it either. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Now in the whole town there was interest and discussion about this sporting event, but the most interesting question of all and the one that bothered the whole town was never spoken of. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The last few years, though, nobody had bothered getting up for the sunrise. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When he went skiing during family vacations in Colorado, he seldom bothered to turn; he’d simply crouch in a gorilla tuck, feet spread wide for stability, and point the boards straight down the hill. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twig reached down and started throwing fistfuls of snow at Dari, because she couldn’t be bothered to make snowballs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She prided herself on not needing any help, and I guessed needing some now bothered her almost as much as the pain. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I sort of wished she hadn’t bothered, because I was feeling really pathetic and my forehead was still probably smacking red and I definitely didn’t have the energy to be mean anymore. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The only thing that jarred and bothered me when she came in the Store was her voice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow I couldn't get the needed urgency into my words, and beneath it all something about Rinehart bothered me, darted just beneath the surface of my mind; something that had to do with me intimately. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Never had Johnny seen Rab so bothered about anything as he was over his inability to get himself a good modern gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Harris came into his money at twenty-one after Harvard and grew the fortune doing business I never bothered to understand. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It didn’t bother my teammates or my coach at all, and to tell the truth, it bothered me only vaguely. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She hardly bothered with her charges at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z None of the other Champions nearby bothered to do anything, though Pelor paused for a moment before easing around Grave. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The plaster was pitted and peeling—pieces littered the floor as if someone had recently punched the wall and no one had bothered sweeping up afterward. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After all, he’d seen something in you that I hadn’t bothered to notice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She hadn’t bothered to comb her hair properly and she looked scared. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sloth, his crewgirl, made fun of him whenever he washed the mask, asking why he even bothered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She looked contrite, but Penelope noticed that she had tossed her new book in a corner and had not bothered to pick it up. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I was sure that what small pride I had was buried deep, for it seldom bothered me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The way my mother and Mrs. Hull were tearing around—packing, shopping, sewing—you wouldn’t have thought either one of them would have bothered to ask what we were going to see. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And despite the rolling thunder, he couldn’t be bothered to hide under the covers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z If the movers have bothered to look upward, I can't tell, because as soon as I got to this landing, I unspooled the carpet, using it to make a solid floor on the fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Patrick told me that if I didn’t want to be bothered by anyone that I should just not make eye contact. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t mind the misspelling of her name that much, but it bothered her when reporters had a lot to say about her appearance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d often wondered, since that day, if I really was pretty, but no one but my mother had ever bothered to corroborate her statement. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It bothered him and he acquired movements and habits to disguise what to him was a burning defect. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chances of being chosen so remote that I'd not even bothered to worry about her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If they’d really wanted to know, they might have figured it out easily enough, but the truth was they’d just been glad she was elsewhere, so they’d never bothered to look for her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I should explain why I got so bothered by Ruth saying what she did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He rarely bothered to look at the signs over the door which indicated what work was done inside. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have not been bothered, except by the wind that is now coming through this door.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The only thing that bothered me was Nico, hanging out in the shadows at the edge of the pavilion. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z That's just how memories are, I guess, and it never bothered me before, but it does now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even Aileen raised her eyebrows when I glanced at her, and that bothered me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I can barely be bothered to get out of bed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was the other way around, and what bothered me was that he stuck with her after she’d given me up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She turned inward over the next week and acted as if she wasn't bothered about a thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I had already bothered him about it twice that week. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My parents were never really married, by which I mean they never bothered making their relationship official with any church. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That left the green skirt without a blouse, which bothered Callie. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I even started getting into zombie apocalypse stuff, and none of it ever bothered me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z After having fought with his father for almost thirty- five years, Mr. Levy had decided that he would spend the rest of his life trying not to be bothered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked him hadn’t his headquarters bothered to brief him—that my attitudes and beliefs were changed? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not still afraid of Hunter, are you? Because he hasn’t bothered you in forever. And Omi says he’s changed, anyway.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The train depot was so small I wondered if trains ever bothered stopping there. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I wondered if the headmaster had even bothered talking to him about it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And today they hadn’t even bothered to pack up and walk. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If I had known, I wouldn’t have bothered. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I once wanted these white moccasin- type shoes that were the fashion in those days, and I bothered Tateh to buy them fior me so much he got sick ofi me and relented. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered her or even stopped to talk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it bothered him having a camera in her room; it seemed almost like spying. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Looks like we’ve come to a dead end. I wonder why the General bothered to tell us anything?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If he’d bothered to tell her about the picnic, she could have made something else. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t bothered to put on a cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At about the time I no longer bothered to listen with care to the sounds of English in public, I grew careless about listening to the sounds family members made when they spoke. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It bothered him when Tom made a lightning shift like that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were those who seemed to glean too many neighbors because they couldn’t be bothered to look farther. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Otto reviewed his notes, bothered by something...some deduction...that eluded him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "If Stannis bothered with them, it's past certain every other lord in the Seven Kingdoms saw a copy as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At least I didn’t have one problem that bothered a lot of my fellow students: airsickness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something about his voice that made me feel sorry for him, and I began to wish I had never bothered him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Brides one read about had trousseaux, dozens of sets at a time, and I had never bothered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There are two spacious rooms, flaking plaster walls, scuffed parquet floors, towering stacks of boxes he has not yet bothered to unpack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Half of them probably are related to me, but they’ve never bothered acknowledging my existence before this. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So it’s easier to pretend to be stupid than to be bothered with all that grade-grubbin’ that the white kids do. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had grown quite fond of the toothless Señora, who no longer bothered with the formality of dentures at all during their lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "Never mind. I'll come back another time. I shouldn't have bothered you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But for the past eight or ten years, Mr. Larson had not bothered to take down the old papers—he just wallpapered over them with the new ones. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, hell yes now. I had to find out from my momma because my own son couldn’t be bothered to invite me.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z What bothered me most, though, was that I couldn’t fix anything. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve fixed up a place where you can talk and not be bothered,” she said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What bothered Blanca was the disruption this would bring to the spiritual peace of the congregation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "You don't think Saint Michael, Archangel, is bothered by a little fire, do you?" she replies. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Never before had they bothered him as he merely walked his horse through the encampment down to the open fields close to the Charles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No one bothered them that night, but the next they were discovered by a gang of boys who told them they were in Razorgull territory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was always best to ignore them unless they bothered you. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t bothered to wrap The Templar Device. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They were common among crooks in the Barrel who didn’t want to get caught in a dark alley, but couldn’t be bothered to lug around lanterns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The difference in their stations had never bothered her before; in the Wood, when they were alone, she could imagine that they were at the same level. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “These days Rosa can’t even be bothered to give me the time of day.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And he had never once told Harry...never bothered to say... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A nurse in the hallway tells me Sister Rita is having her dinner and is not to be bothered. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Beyond that, it wasn’t clear that anyone was particularly bothered by the fact that the teacher was incompetent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I guess I always thought we could be friends, if either of us had bothered to try. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’d never bothered thinking about how wealthy he was, or how he could use it against me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He said he didn’t know why he even bothered to come home anymore, since he no longer got the slightest bit of appreciation for his ideas. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That he often smelled vaguely of chemicals—that in fact the building as a whole often had a medicinal odor—bothered no one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He didn’t show for the third, and he never bothered to tell her why. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He had bothered Pa and Uncle Henry when they were hard at work. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, ah, I don’t see that you have bothered to entrench,” Fremande went on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The school’s long-term goals for students were implicit in what teachers never bothered to teach. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Two years ago I could walk the streets and pass people and they never bothered to speak with me,” she told the magazine writer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I scrambled to free my hands—tucked into the waistband of the jeans I hadn’t bothered to remove—but Stan was way quicker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z For example, he had not bothered to hide the receipt for the shawl, leaving it, along with change emptied from his pocket, on top of the bureau they share. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In class, every day, I’m going to be bothered by it. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z One thing especially bothered me—we black students constantly put ourselves down. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She had arrived home tired, hadn’t even bothered to take her clothes off, and flopped down on the bed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then he pulled the blankets over his head because the light bothered him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As he sat in the corner, Mama wouldn’t sit so close that it bothered him, but she would sit about ten feet away, with her knees folded under herself, waiting in case he needed her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z |
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