Examples of 'they took up' in a sentence

Meaning of "they took up"

They took up likely means that a group or individuals started a new activity or hobby

How to use "they took up" in a sentence

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they took up
They took up the whole working lunch.
Just think if they took up the knif e.
They took up arms to avenge their men.
So they returned and they took up an offering.
There they took up a strong defensive position.
I made these images smaller so they took up less room.
So they took up the ark of the covenant.
For several days they took up collections.
They took up her grievance with alacrity.
They were so big they took up an entire room.
So they took up the song on her suggestion.
I sold them because they took up too much space.
They took up the entire bike path.
They thought they took up too much space.
They took up a collection to pay for her funeral.

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He said they took up arms.
They took up a collection for us at church.
Yet when they were called upon they took up the challenge.
They took up more important tasks as the strike went on.
At the right moment they took up the hammer and the chisel.
They took up too much space at the hospital.
So the day came that they took up arms against their oppressors.
They took up accommodation in the lodgings.
The remaining applicants agreed to the system when they took up employment.
Here they took up farming and raised stock.
That was blasphemy on their level and they took up stones to throw at him.
They took up one quarter of the mammalian biomass.
The agreement loses sight of why they took up the battle to begin with.
They took up arms against my army.
The games got so popular that they took up too much focus at the racecourses.
They took up what others could no longer bear.
Their animals would be left with a relative while they took up this temporary work.
They took up their steel helmets.
Having located the main convoy they took up position with the moon silhouetting the convoy.
They took up his whole iris.
Then Billy tells me that they took up an offering for me.
They took up a third of my judicial salary.
The Houthis say they took up arms against corruption.
They took up space like ghosts.
In the same communities where they took up their APS.
They took up positions behind trees and waited.
After leaving plantations, they took up new professions.
They took up too much space in her brain.
When he preached election, they took up stones to kill him.
They took up a homestead and farmed.
What will fill up the space that they took up in me?
They took up residence in the masjid.
What kind of life did they have before they took up arms?
They took up his battle cry.
Once they flew the coop, they took up roost here.

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