How to Use "Bother" with Example Sentences

bother (n): trouble or annoyance

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Used with verbs:

"I don't want to be a bother, but could you help me?"
(be, cause)

"Please do not go to any bother just for me."
(go to)

"Cleaning the house would save me the bother."
(save)

"He is becoming a bother to many people."
(be + becoming)

Used with prepositions:

"Helping you is not a bother to me."
(to)

bother (v): to trouble or annoy

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Used with nouns:

"My head is really bothering me today."
(head, back, eyes, leg, arm, injury)

"Lying bothers my conscience."
(conscience)

Used with verbs:

"Stop bothering me!"
(stop, quit)

"He keeps bothering his older sister."
(keeps, continuing to)

"You are bothering me. Go away."
(be: is/am/are)

Used with adverbs:

"He always bothers people."
(always, constantly, continuously, never, hardly)