take the trouble

idiom

: to make an effort

Thank you for taking the trouble to write.

Examples of take the trouble in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These days, when people seem eager to scream obscenities at passing strangers, who can believe that anyone would take the trouble to be so subtle with an insult? —Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024

Why take the trouble of writing one with two other women? —Lizz Schumer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Most pet species--as any pet owner can tell you--do not generally take the trouble to age. —Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

Time will tell if enough investors take the trouble to compute free cash flow as the difference between interest paid and cash flow from financing, plus the change in cash, in order to figure out the free cash Amazon actually generated. —Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021

Most who take the trouble to cast ballots in the midst of a third wave of COVID-19 are expected to vote in favor of prosecuting ex-presidents. —Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021

His Captain Nemo was such a would-be dictator and Verne, in the original work, did not even take the trouble to disclose the nature of Nemo’s grudge against society. —Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022

One indication of our complacency: Even in a bad influenza season, close to half of American adults won’t take the trouble to get a flu shot. —Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022

Brands that take the trouble to understand the nation’s current zeitgeist, and to invest in regionally relevant expertise and initiatives will reap the rewards. —Peggy Anne Salz, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022

Rhymes for take the trouble

• bubble
• double
• rubble
• stubble
• redouble