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Example sentences for "takes"

Lexicographically close words:
taken; takeoff; takeover; taker; takers; takest; taketh; takin; taking; takinge
  1. Christ, the divine spiritual being, is sent by the Father from heaven to earth, and of his own free will he obediently takes this mission upon himself.

  2. The latter takes place even with such writers as are familiar with the baptismal formula.

  3. This takes place through virtue which aspires to assimilation with God and leads to Him.

  4. In consequence of this, also, the exhortation to renounce all earthly good takes a prominent place.

  5. Dogmas arise, develop themselves and are made serviceable to new aims; this in all cases takes place through Theology.

  6. We have in the Shepherd the most important document for the Church Christianity of the age, reflected in the mirror of a prophet who, however, takes into account the concrete relations.

  7. That takes place through the contemplation of the Original Essence, the One, that is through ecstatic elevation to Him.

  8. But a very important development takes place in the second half of our epoch.

  9. Gnosticism is antichristian so far as it takes away from Christianity its Old Testament foundation, and belief in the identity of the creator of the world with the supreme God.

  10. The idea of the Logos is allowed to fall from the moment that this takes place.

  11. This tendency to variation is less marked in that mode of propagation which takes place asexually; it is in that mode that the minor characters of animal and vegetable structures are most completely preserved.

  12. That which takes the place of the breeder and selector in nature is Death.

  13. In the first the perpetuation takes place from and by a particular act of an individual organism, which sometimes may not be classed as belonging to any sex at all.

  14. Hence living bodies should obey the same great laws as other matter--nor, throughout Nature, is there a law of wider application than this, that a body impelled by two forces takes the direction of their resultant.

  15. Again, it is said that there is no real analogy between the selection which takes place under domestication, by human influence, and any operation which can be effected by Nature, for man interferes intelligently.

  16. She takes the rough plastic material of the yelk and breaks it up into well-shaped tolerably even-sized masses, handy for building up into any part of the living edifice.

  17. It is formed at once at the single 'individual' moment at which the conjunction of the male and female elements takes place.

  18. These are all cases of asexual multiplication, and there are other instances, and still more extraordinary ones, in which this process takes place naturally, in a more hidden, a more recondite kind of way.

  19. This alarm gives us some insight into the character of the young man, and explains the interest Micio takes in his welfare, without shewing too plainly the art and design of the author.

  20. By contact with iron in any form salicylic acid takes a violet color.

  21. The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet.

  22. In most cases the best copy is obtained after taking one or two impressions, as the leaf takes the ink better after several applications.

  23. The boiling is not interrupted by the feeding, which takes place slowly and regularly.

  24. Its defence takes us back past centuries emblazoned with military renown, and recalls our heroic poems of the Middle Ages.

  25. I don’t know the way: I am going to the Colonel’s quarters,’ and in less time than it takes to tell he hurries away in that direction.

  26. The longing for domesticity takes hold of the wanderer so very soon: the commonplace dug-out which he will have to leave to-morrow becomes in a few moments, and for a few moments, a real home.

  27. It takes this liberty on March 8, and again on March 9, and again on the 10th.

  28. It takes place on the 8th about eleven o’clock in the morning, towards the village.

  29. Major Raynal, leaning on his stick, takes a turn round the corridors.

  30. Fighting takes place in front of the fort, above and within it, from June 2 to 7.

  31. He half-raises him and takes off one by one the straps which the man wears in banderole.

  32. He takes out of his pocket the precious notebook in which he records his impressions of army life.

  33. The same manœuvre takes place at the single transverse gallery at the north-eastern angle.

  34. Corporal Reveille takes his place, and shouts to his men, “Don’t get flurried, I take it upon myself to clear away the Boches.

  35. On February 20 the weather takes a turn for the better.

  36. But no one takes any notice; there is water to wash oneself with and to drink.

  37. A battalion takes the place of the one that has been cut down.

  38. Even Germany, with her great organization, takes less than 3 per cent.

  39. It takes as long today to convert a farmer into a skilled soldier as it does to convert him into a skilled mechanic.

  40. The fact that a war indemnity takes gold out of the country, and gives it to another people, makes the indemnity a national calamity.

  41. What is true of individuals and families in this respect holds true also of nations, only it takes a little longer time, starting from shirt-sleeves, to get back to shirt-sleeves again.

  42. Finally, our army takes up its stand far in the rear, forming a new battle-front, which has been previously fortified.

  43. Yet another takes his stand upon the false or the true orthography, and so on, with various similar nonsense only worthy of contempt.

  44. I] He takes it by assault, without offering battle: the heart is unable to resist him.

  45. It takes patience and a high order of leadership to save a man in such serious cases as this, but you will joy in having done it.

  46. It is not luck that takes one up or down, it is size--and the answer to ambition is grow bigger.

  47. Therefore army control takes pains to bring those two commanders into personal relationship before the battle.

  48. Do not think that this is Utopian, or that it takes too much time.

  49. To be able to get at the actual truth of the matter takes tact and knowledge of human nature.

  50. The leader but takes advantage of this psychological fact when he makes his men realize that he is constantly on the lookout for their interests.

  51. He accepts this responsibility, and takes pleasure in trying to use his power for the better good of the men, the community, and the work in hand.

  52. The man realizes that you will know how much time he takes to do it, and you realize that your duty is not fully done when the instructions are given.

  53. It takes no manliness to get it, it has no value once you have it.

  54. A man naturally takes real delight in doing a piece of work well, in the successful play of his constructive instincts.

  55. The leader knows that success largely depends on what this spirit shall be, and takes pains to make it a helpful one.

  56. Her sacred music takes rank with the very best that modern writers can show.

  57. Your mother takes so much pains with you that it would be a pity for you not to be a good child.

  58. Then she spreads it upon my shoulder just so,--and I put my arm about her, and she cuddles up to me and puts her head down on the handkerchief and takes a nice nap.

  59. It is nice to ride in the cars, but it takes a long time.

  60. To Sieglinde, as he takes off his armour and hands it to her.

  61. He vanishes, and a pillar of cloud takes his place.

  62. Siegmund takes a long draught, regarding Sieglinde with increasing warmth.

  63. He takes Fricka's hand and walks slowly with her towards the bridge.

  64. She stoops down sadly, takes up her armour and puts it on again.

  65. She takes the pieces of Siegmund's sword from under her breast-plate and gives them to Sieglinde.

  66. Still gazing, he takes the horn from his lips and lets it sink slowly, while his features express strong emotion.

  67. She takes a drinking-horn and hurries out.

  68. It is a prettier sauce and takes less sugar than when stewed, and can be used for a pie filling if the crust is made first.

  69. In making pies it takes less sugar than the fresh fruit.

  70. The following is said to be an infallible sign of a ripe watermelon, it takes close inspection to find sometimes, but the sign is there if the condition for it exists.

  71. Basil vinegar takes the place in winter of the fresh herb.

  72. As we walk along this Terrace, you may observe the great Advantage of low Walls: By this means the Garden is extended beyond its Limits, and takes in every thing entertaining that is to be met with in the range of half a County.

  73. Ay, that is the kind of Improvement that takes most with me (let us step in here a Moment, we are caught I see in a Shower).

  74. When the Evening comes on, he follows the Company to their Retirement, takes a commodious stand, and to his great Torment sees every thing that passes among them.

  75. It is the power of a dominant idea that, unbidden, enters the field of consciousness and takes possession of even the senses themselves.

  76. Rehabilitation "takes into account the feelings as well as the material requirements of the bereaved families.

  77. He believes that the generative process probably takes place only at, or beyond, the confines of the universe, and the destructive process at the centres of overgrown stars, which is the position of lowest potential.

  78. Moving at a certain pace, it takes certain views, snapshots of the continuous flux of reality, of which it is itself a moving part.

  79. For, as it takes two to communicate the truth, one to speak and one to hear, so our knowledge of God is precisely and accurately limited by our capacity to receive Him.

  80. The true union between God and the soul takes place in the little spark, which is called the spirit of the soul.

  81. He takes for granted the fundamental position of the mystic, that the object of life is to know God; and according to the poet, in knowing love we learn to know God.

  82. Well, otherwise you would have known that there are many Prussians in the world, and that all the world takes an interest in this war in which a single hero battles against so many powerful enemies.

  83. So lies he till the next day, till the enemy takes pity upon him and carries him as a prisoner to Frankfort.

  84. I have an engagement to meet some friends--the meeting takes place in the house of a Catholic priest.

  85. When he goes to battle--which is but going to victory--he takes with him his musicians and dancers, who must perform the dance of triumph before him.

  86. He will inform us of all that takes place in the Prussian camp, and of all the important movements of the king.

  87. The storm first takes possession of your clothes, now of your costly hat.

  88. All this weakens the national pride, and takes from the people the joyful consciousness of their greatness.

  89. If your highness takes any interest in such trifles, I beg you will take this to the light and examine it closely.

  90. But I very much question whether this ever takes place in any constitution of government.

  91. The first cheats his neighbor in the dark, and takes his property without his knowlege: The last boldly meets him at noon day, tells him he is a rascal, and demands his purse.

  92. Here the author takes it for granted that the word peer signifies equal, and assigns, az a cause of its most principal appropriation to the nobility, that the men, tho of different ranks, hav an equal vote in parliament.

  93. The oath required of a Representativ, before he takes his seat, binds him to vote or act from a regard to the public good, according to his judgement and the best of his abilities.

  94. In the second place, the case of an individual assignee of a bond wil not apply; for B, in the suppozition, takes the bond voluntarily.

  95. Hiz only inaccuracy iz, that he takes a modern derivativ for the primitiv root; whereas the Russian boiarons itself iz derived from bar, az wel az baron.

  96. Rowland remarks that the same custom exists among the vulgar Welch to this day; and if I mistake not, Camden takes notice of the same practice.

  97. But he does not stop here; he takes an advantage of ignorance and necessity; he will, if possible, monopolize an article to create a necessity.

  98. Remember the plural form of the personal pronoun you always takes were, though it may denote but one.

  99. The verb let is transitive and therefore takes the objective case.

  100. When a verb is omitted a comma takes its place: "Lincoln was a great statesman; Grant, a great soldier.

  101. An expression used parenthetically should be inclosed by commas: "The old man, as a general rule, takes a morning walk.

  102. In such case the apostrophe takes the place of the omitted letters as "cont'd for continued.

  103. Windsor Hotel, October 7th, Sometimes less informal invitations are sent on small specially designed note paper in which the first person takes the place of the third.

  104. No; on the contrary he takes it calmly enough.

  105. But I believe when the worthwhile detective that I'm going to get for Mrs Varian takes hold of the case, he'll work from that strange bequest of the Varian pearls.

  106. Now, don't raise objections, for I should only combat them, and it takes my strength so to argue with you.

  107. It takes longer to get to Penzance than to Edinburgh, because the train ceases to run and begins to crawl as soon as it leaves Plymouth.

  108. When the tide is high and the weather fair the boat takes the former: at low tide, the latter.

  109. Everybody reads it now, and everybody takes it, I believe.

  110. Thomas the Rhymer sits down and takes his pen: it is nine of the clock.

  111. Philippa's enemies always declared that in the composition and making of her the goddess Venus, who presumably takes a large personal interest in the feminine department, had no lot or part at all.

  112. It takes many days to see these fragments of Lyonesse, and to get a time sense of the place.

  113. Or, it may be played as a triumphal march after victory; or, again, as a country dance, in which a stately dignity takes the place of youthful mirth and merriment.

  114. This expectation disappears, and the current coin of everybody's talk takes the place of interest.

  115. But, once it takes root, it takes root forever; once it blossoms, it blossoms for eternity.

  116. I have a new coat for tomorrow's wedding, and it is only fit that the ship that takes home the bride should have one also.


  117. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "takes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    takes away; takes fire; takes its name from; takes notice; takes occasion; takes part; takes place; takes possession; takes post; takes the