Even when asked a direct question she scarcely bothered to answer.

In fact, except for the noise, they scarcely bothered him.

The king scarcely bothered to keep his voice down.

"Sure," he said to Homer, scarcely bothering to focus on the man.

We were so excited that we scarcely bothered to make any plans about when we'd meet again.

Tom looked at them, scarcely bothering with the audience that had transfixed Rose.

In the case of the community school boards, however, Fernandez has scarcely even bothered with the olive branch.

He scarcely bothered to look at the paper.

He was so hungry he could scarcely bother to chew.

Not knowing the weapon he faced, the bandit scarcely bothered to protect himself.