Example sentences for: took

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

  • It took somebody like Slater—an indentured apprentice for over six years at the Arkwright and Strut’s plant in Milford, England—to ferry the plans to America.

  • the design, we were concerned that payment would be authorized before verifying that the travel actually took place.

  • Instead of our regular class work, let's go outside under the big, old dead elm and show a filmstrip, i.e., let's quote a few highlights from Tim Weiner's dark and charming New York Times obit titled "Sidney Gottlieb, 80, Dies, Took LSD to CIA," an account of the man who ran MKUltra, a project that dosed unsuspecting Americans with hallucinogenic drugs for charity.

  • He took the problem back to the local village elders, who explained why the school was being boycotted: the logo chosen was from that part of the village history which described an enemy arriving to rape all the young women of the tribe.

  • The first explanation (referred to as "1 in x") was worded "If 8 women just like you took lifelong HRT, it would prevent one of the 8 from having heart disease.


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