How to Use why bother in a Sentence

why bother

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  • If that’s the plan, why bother with the tariff in the first place?
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • So, given the costs, why bother?
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • So if bits of snake, tree and rope can do the job, why bother with the elephant?
    — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Otherwise, why bother pulling one off the shelf?
    — Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The deal is great and is going to make everybody a lot of money so why bother?
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But if no one on this list is guaranteed to bring back a first- or even a second-round pick, why bother?
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That begs the question, why bother with hydrogen?
    — New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • There’s an 81-proof version as well, but really why bother?
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But why bother using a VPN to access British sci-fi shows and movies?
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And with no concrete connection between the two stories, why bother having a split season at all?
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Otherwise, why bother doing it?
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • After all, both condiments serve essentially the same purpose—toasting your sandwich to perfection—so why bother using both?
    — Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Tracee Ellis Ross wore her red trench as a dress to a fashion event in September, because why bother wearing anything else with a coat this fabulous?
    — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Once your film already has the demonstrable artifice of re-enactments, why bother with the faux authenticity of reconstructed narration?
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The Internet is…the Internet, and soon Shah is facing escalating threats and disapproving media coverage, including a column by his ex (Ritu Arya’s Yasmin), arguing that a Pakistani-British man playing James Bond won’t erase the character’s neo-colonial stench, so why bother?
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026

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