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Example sentences for "has taken"

  • Thanks to those villanous iron-works which he has taken it into his head to purchase, you are almost lost to Paris and to society!

  • That great lady, who, as you know, has taken to devotion, goes into retreat every year at the Ursuline convent.

  • What can I do to break the unpleasant habit this man has taken of being my shadow?

  • Inform me of the deep hold he has taken of her heart?

  • My brother, agreeably to his grandfather's will, has taken possession of the Edgemoor estate, which is eight hundred a year.

  • There is something truly magnanimous in his temper, but it has taken a very erroneous bent.

  • He has taken to such storming and raving about his political enemies that I hardly dare to open my mouth.

  • He has taken everything, and now he's going to Kattymaly!

  • The truth is he has taken an aversion to Everett.

  • What a very odd manner he has taken up since he became a member of Parliament," said Mrs. Roby.

  • Some important event, then, has taken place?

  • It would but be right for us to march to that city, and compel him to disgorge, not merely a village, but all that he has taken.

  • He must surrender all that he has taken from us.

  • We are safely here with all requisite stores, though it has taken nearly a week.

  • To-night the choruses and plantation-songs led by Royds were really well sung, and they repay him for the very great pains he has taken in the rehearsals.

  • Like Bowers he has taken to sledding like a duck to water, and although he hasn't had such severe testing, I believe he would stand it pretty nearly as well.

  • The old fellow was burnt out three times, atween the Indians and the hunters; and in one affray with the red-skins he lost his only son, since which time he has taken to the water for safety.

  • Professing to be provoked by what he chose to consider a charge made by me against South Carolina, the honorable member, Mr. President, has taken up a new crusade against New England.

  • It has taken me some time to find this," Lady Anne went on, "and longer still to find the cartridges.

  • You will learn what steps he has taken, and be governed in your requisitions accordingly.

  • You can learn what steps he has taken, and be governed in your requisitions accordingly.

  • I think the loss of the enemy must be greater--we having taken over four thousand prisoners in battle, whilst he has taken from us but few except a few stragglers.

  • Just what I apprehended, I find, has taken place.

  • The sashes of the windows were nailed down the day that you went away, and the ladder that you mention belongs to Mr. Halsey, and be has taken it away.

  • Colonel Putnam was ordered to march and join you; he has taken Nixon's regiment with him.

  • He has taken to the lake on his way to Fort Dearborn, and has, with all his craft and resolution, fallen into enemies' hands.

  • The scalps he has taken are so numerous they cannot be counted.

  • In much less time than it has taken to record the fact, that little piece of bottom-land was crowded with wolves, deer, and men.

  • Young Bouille, roused by this Varennes tocsin, has taken horse, and--fled towards his Father.

  • Need we add that Lafayette too, though at first menaced by Pikes, has taken a great attitude, or indeed the greatest of all?

  • SeƱor Ysasaga, who belongs to Valladolid, has taken an active part in all these revolutions, having been the personal friend and partisan of Hidalgo.

  • Perhaps he is carried away by his joy and gratitude, and personal affection for Bustamante--perhaps he has taken a leaf from a translation of Bombastes Furioso.

  • He has taken an active part in the recent municipal campaign, and his influence in the city is regarded as a very large factor in the coming election.

  • Dear friends," he said, and for the first time since his prayer the emotion of the occasion was revealed in his voice and gesture, "I am going to ask that Nazareth Avenue Church take the same pledge that Raymond Church has taken.

  • They know it has taken place, and when they get the paper this evening they will expect half a page at least.

  • But Mr. Burke appears to have been aware of this retort; and he has taken care to guard against it, by making government to be not only a contrivance of human wisdom, but a monopoly of wisdom.

  • He has taken up a contemptible opinion of mankind, who, in their turn, are taking up the same of him.

  • That a new Prince in a city or province of which he has taken possession, ought to make everything new XXVII.

  • For envy such as this there is no cure save by the death of those of whom it has taken possession.

  • A new Prince in a City or Province of which he has taken Possession, ought to make Everything new.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "has taken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ancient literature; full meal; has already been mentioned; has already been said; has always; has become; has been; has been already said; has come; has given; has got; has had; has not; has said; has seen; has taken; haste away; hastened back; hasty glance; hasty movement; hasty pudding; her lips were parted; mon vieux; similar form; strong demonstration; though common