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Example sentences for "taking care"

  • He could not bring himself to admit, with any regard for truth, that the late apprentices could now be oppressed; they were quite alive to their own interests, and were now capable of taking care of themselves.

  • Till Monday morning the apprentices were free, and they certainly manifested a strong disposition to spend that time in taking care of themselves.

  • Sir George Grey's Polynesian Mythology contains four of these stories, of which I will give condensed versions, taking care, as usual, to preserve all pertinent details and intimations of higher qualities.

  • Infanticide was frequently resorted to, the babes being buried alive in the sand, for no other reason than to save the trouble of taking care of them.

  • As they take up eight pages, I can give only a condensed version of them, taking care, however, to omit no essential feature.

  • Monsieur did call again, taking care not to make himself disagreeable.

  • She did not say so, but the only doll she had ever owned had become insipid when the delight of such a reality as taking care of a helpless father had been thrust upon her.

  • She was capable of taking care of herself, she was a good stenographer, her salary had been raised twice in two years,--why should she allow consideration for her family to stand in the way of what she felt would be self realization?

  • I am taking care of my father," she said.

  • On their return, Sir Nathaniel met them and drove them at once to Doom, taking care to avoid any one that he knew on the journey.

  • It was coming towards them at a swift pace, so they turned and ran, taking care to make as little noise as possible, either by their footfalls or by disturbing the undergrowth close to them.

  • Adam leaned forward, taking care, however, not to press his face against the glass.

  • He confined himself rigidly to the narration of circumstances, taking care not to colour events by any comment of his own, or any opinion of the meaning of things which he did not fully understand.

  • And he began to pace the floor, taking care not to go near Isabel's door, and that his footsteps were muffled by the long, thick hall rug.

  • Tom reached his hand in his pocket for some change, taking care to keep the machine between himself and the tramp.

  • Tom kept on, taking care to get as far to the side of the road as he could.

  • Cautiously Tom made his way forward, taking care not to make too much disturbance in the bushes.

  • Language distinctions pertinent to the practical experience of cultivating plants, taking care of animals, processing milk, and seasoning food expanded from satisfying needs to creating desires associated with taste.

  • A condom is cheaper than giving birth; all the pills women swallow over a lifetime are far less costly than taking care of one child.

  • In order to make the fermentation uniform, the pile must be turned occasionally, taking care to break up all hard lumps and to distribute the hot manure throughout the mass.

  • Syringe off the plants with clear water two or three times a week, taking care not to drench the beds.

  • Thin out the peach trees well, taking care to remove all the dead wood.

  • The planting can be done with a trowel, spade, or dibble, taking care to spread the roots out as much as possible and to press the soil firmly about them, holding the plant so that the bud will be just above the surface.

  • Spray several times with bordeaux mixture, taking care to cover both sides of leaves.

  • Thus saying, the stranger motioned to the boy to follow, taking care, as they left the room together, to instruct him in all such minor matters as might assist in effecting the pacific object of the mission on which he was employed.

  • He then slily dropped the battered coin into the muzzle of his gun, taking care to secure its presence, until he himself should send it on its disenchanting message, by a wad torn from the lining of part of his vestments.

  • The agent of the crown sprang after him, taking care to keep as near as possible to the person of his leader, and calling to his inferiors to lose no time in backing him with their support.

  • Taking care of the baby frequently implies carrying the child on one arm while working with the other, and this often after nights made sleepless by its "worrying.

  • True, it is not his calling; but what is there so very incongruous in a father's "taking care" of his own children?

  • If it should be a sow that falls into the toils, the huntsman should run up and prod her, taking care not to be pushed off his legs and fall, in which case he cannot escape being trampled on and bitten.

  • Pour on it a large ladle-full of the batter, and bake it as you would a buck-wheat cake, taking care to have it of a good shape.

  • Boil them till they are tender, taking care they do not burn.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taking care" 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:
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