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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for botheration
Noun
  • Boys report witnessing, experiencing, and sometimes perpetuating troubling behavior including bullying, harassment, and discriminatory language.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • During an emergency hearing on the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order, government attorneys argued that ICE officers have faced harassment and threats after their identities were shared online.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The comments illustrate the frustration as the four remaining controllers waited on a regional air traffic control center across the state to clear planes to enter the airspace.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the film, directed by Mike Judge, Peter Gibbons (Livingston) and his coworkers, Michael Bolton (David Herman) and Samir Nagheenanajar (Ajay Naidu), enjoy the last day at their job by taking out years of frustrations on their frequently malfunctioning office printer.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On a 50% discount right now, the TP-Link Archer AXE75 upgrades your home Wi-Fi without the setup headache.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Soon, Disley learned that Chewy was in the nurse's office frequently — sometimes three times a day — due to headaches and stomachaches.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For mild flare-ups, hydrocortisone cream can reduce itching and irritation.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hydrocortisone Cream Bug bites, rashes, and random skin irritations can flare up fast while traveling.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Bickel and his team uncovered treasure within what might normally be thought of as a nuisance.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For the cover of the October 13, 2025, issue, the artist Brian Stauffer chose to see the beauty in what many consider a noisy nuisance.
    Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tuesday afternoon, the hurricane center also flagged another disturbance to watch.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Key Takeaways Time changes can increase stroke risk and cause mood changes and sleep disturbances.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lead singer Brandon Coleman, as usual, puts forth a commanding, soulful vocal that encapsulates the lyric’s seething exasperation and longing for less division.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As a model named Carl, stuck in a relationship corrupted by microcelebrity and Instagram view counts, Dickinson ticks with exasperation and sarcastic logic, his jaw clenched, his eyes wide and staring.
    Carrie Battan, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dreaming of worry-free cleaning?
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Washington — Persistent worries about the higher cost of living and few job opportunities pushed consumer sentiment down to its seventh-lowest level in October, on records going back to 1952.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Botheration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/botheration. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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