Example sentences for: partake

How can you use “partake” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They partake of what the Elizabethans called "euphuism"--the pursuit of linguistic complexity for its own sake.

  • As a result, we now have hybrid words like gymkhana and memsahib . Gymkhana , a `club for members to socialize and partake in sports and recreation,' is a mixture of the Hindi gendkhana (meaning `ball house') and the English gymnasium . Memsahib , meaning `European or white lady,' stems from sahib , an Indian title of respect often accorded to white men, and mem , a corruption of Madam .

  • My father was the supreme regulator in our family, promising each of his six children a $100 cash subsidy from the family treasury if they did not partake of nicotiana before age 21.

  • At the time, it seemed like a bid by "out" classes--both urban blacks and the last of urban working class whites--to partake of the license and self-expression that rock had provided to privileged classes.

  • Salad consumption requires a fork, and hence, two hands, so do not partake of this product while driving a motor vehicle or operating heavy machinery!"


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