At times the authors barely bother to present a case.

He was talking to people so highly sophisticated that they barely bothered to think about their technology anymore.

He barely bothered to circle around much before he hit me with it.

We had so lost track of reality, we barely bothered to ask why the mayor hadn't been talking to these people all the time.

After all, insect stings kill some people, while barely bothering others.

She seems barely bothered by her premonition that things are not going to go well at Salamis.

She raised her eyebrows to Psaltery, who barely bothered to nod.

The only other living person on the street barely bothered to glance at Veronique and her quarry.

'To the departure point,' he snapped, barely bothering with her.

He barely even bothered to conceal it, except tauntingly to keep up appearances.