How to Use take in a Sentence

take

1 of 2 verb
  • Take the pan by the handle.
  • I took the pen and signed my name.
  • She took her things to her room.
  • She took us for a ride in her new car.
  • He's not the kind of guy you can take home to meet your parents.
  • She took her child to one side and scolded him.
  • This bus takes you downtown.
  • He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
  • Her office is down that hallway. I can take you there, if you want me to.
  • It looks like rain. You had better take an umbrella with you.
  • The Thorns took a 2-0 lead when Izzy D’Aquila scored in the 46th minute.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • All Alaskans love the outdoors, take a lot of pride in the beauty and the resources of the state.
    Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The right dynamics will take you to the moon; the wrong ones might suck up your time.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Talk to a healthcare provider about the best supplement and how much to take.
    Isadora Baum, Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • That appeal can then be taken from the circuit court to the state Supreme Court.
    Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The group’s readers, meanwhile, will go where Joyce takes them: back to page one.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Open up your arms and lower them down to the bench, taking 3 to 4 seconds.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • The Dolphins take the ball over at their own 3-yard line with 52 seconds to play in the third quarter.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • My plan was to keep taking them to restaurants, keep up the discipline, and wait for the habits to take hold.
    Megan Angelo, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Certain sources of protein, like meat, can take more work for your body to break down.
    Amy Isler, Rn, Msn, Csn, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The pair stopped to take photos at the Bixby Creek Bridge and explore the forest terrain.
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s one barn discovery that’ll take you back in time.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Once again, an alpha brute in the form of Knox (Conor McGregor) is brought in to take the hero down.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
  • But right now, the honor belongs to David Bakhtiari, whose 90 takes top honors, just ahead of Aaron Jones (88).
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2023
  • But then, at the height of the battle, Snyder’s 20-year-old daughter, Autumn, took her own life.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The more people know, the better chance to take this from terminal to treatable.
    The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2024
  • So take a page from my friend’s playbook and start teaching people how to treat you.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Jafar Panahi’s Taxi took the Berlinale’s top prize in 2015.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The whole process went very smoothly, only taking about two weeks, start to finish.
    Archway Homes, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Some California cities have taken steps to remove the noisy, messy birds all together.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
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take

2 of 2 noun
  • She nailed it on the first take.
  • She was expecting a bigger take.
  • It took us 20 takes to get the scene right.
  • He stands to earn 10 percent of the company's $1 million take on the deal.
  • Her audition could have been the take that was in the movie.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In this economy, the one with the most clicks wins, and the one with the most outlandish take gets the most clicks.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In a take or two, Skrein is all bulging eyes and frothing mouth.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For a slightly dressier take, check out this button-down by The Drop.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Which, frankly, feels more like a hot take from Sean Hannity than a 70s memo.
    Kara Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • On most occasions, that's meant one of the three has been named the backup center of the evening and the other two take DNPs.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Some messy pieces around your face and funky clips in the back are the secret to a totally modern take.
    Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The Bengals came into the game ranked No. 15 in the league in takeaways (15 take-aways) and had only forced two turnovers in the last four games.
    Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The unique take of eating caviar on clever homemade snacks was born out of Solbar.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Our take: As the role of the CSO matures, we are bound to the role, and its impact becomes better defined.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, a few shots were not made in the take that had been rehearsed, but Bythewood is happy with the results.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 July 2023
  • There’s not even much of a take among those following the game and the tournament most avidly.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Hunter alleges that during the next take, Goth purposely kicked him in the head with her boot.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That meager pile of money shrinks more once venues carve out their take, which leads to artists raising the price of merch.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Read his full take here, and more of The Journal's bank earnings coverage here.
    Wsj Staff, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Cast members held their breath, not just during takes but in the moments leading up to a take.
    Darryn King, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Fishers are also doing their part to respect the no-take zones.
    Michele Bigley, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Soderberg stages each scene in a long unbroken take, ending each one of them with a cut to black.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The popper just disappears, and even though these kinds of takes are less flashy, you’ll be surprised by the size of the fish that will just give you the old tail nip.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Roll the bottoms for a casual take and to show a little ankle.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The list above represents our honest take for the best mattresses for men with back pain in 2023.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Luciano Acosta stepped up and hammered his take home for 1-1.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • There are thousands of kilometers of water along the coast just put aside all the know shark gutters as no take zones.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Luckily for her vocal cords, Sweeney nailed the horror film's wild finale in the first take.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Perhaps the most intricate toast take goes to @officialrobtheoriginal, who used dozens of pieces of toast to create a portrait of Kylie Jenner.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • My take is that high interest rates have kept the dollar strong, while liquidity has kept US markets higher.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

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