Bothered

Examples

• She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Suspense was the devil, and he could not think why Leinster bothered at all about going to Spain unless he really had some such intention. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They did not want to be bothered with it; it was, they conceded, the affairs of kings and princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You haven't been bothered by any of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• No, she's not to be bothered with me, but you like that sort of thing, unless you've suddenly lost your taste for it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• For some little time past Mr. Edison had noticed that he was bothered somewhat in reading print, and I asked him to have an oculist give him reading-glasses. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He seemed to me to be pale and bothered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• However, you did bother yourself, and you have since bothered yourself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She made Gus take her all through the glass-houses yesterday, and bothered him to death by asking him the names of the plants. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Other peoples also made use of their toes in counting, so that they could count up to twenty without getting bothered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When in a telegraph office, I could only hear the instrument directly on the table at which I sat, and unlike the other operators, I was not bothered by the other instruments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It's never bothered me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She rowed very well but the oars were too long and bothered her. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I was the only one that could do anything with her demons--for she wasn't going to be bothered with them herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• No one had bothered us when we were in plain sight along the railway. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• And I'm never to be bothered about money or business, but just enjoy myself and live for what I like. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I shall bid off on that ar boy for a plantation-hand;--wouldn't be bothered with her, no way, not if they'd give her to me, said Haley. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. Harthouse,' said Tom with a groan, 'I am hard up, and bothered out of my life. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• My dear little Harry, said he, passing his hand across his curly locks, I am annoyed and bothered to death with Worcester's perseverance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Surely the son of Laius was never so bothered by enigmas as was this young country squire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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