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Idioms about taken
taken with, charmed or captivated by: He was quite taken with your niece.
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How to use taken in a sentence
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering? | Michael Tomasky | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis | Nico Hines | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHaringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis | Nico Hines | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq | IranWire | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
Children's Ways | James SullyOf course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinWithin the past thirty years civilization has rapidly taken possession of this lovely region.
Among the Sioux | R. J. CreswellWhat course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThe pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
British Dictionary definitions for taken
/ (ˈteɪkən) /
the past participle of take 1
(postpositive foll by with) enthusiastically impressed (by); infatuated (with)
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