Examples of 'took their toll' in a sentence
Meaning of "took their toll"
When something takes its toll on someone or something, it means that it has had a negative impact or caused damage over time. This phrase is often used to describe the cumulative effects of physical or emotional stress, work, or hardship
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took their toll
Storms took their toll on the crew.
Strain and fear took their toll.
Successive firings took their toll on iron cannons as individual pieces were shook loose.
Time and neglect took their toll.
Lansing had a couple of disappointing seasons with the Rockies as injuries took their toll.
Floods and droughts took their toll as well.
European diseases and mass suicides in response to slavery took their toll.
Three years took their toll.
The bird tended to slouch more as the years took their toll.
The years took their toll on her body.
And cold of the night took their toll.
Diseases soon took their toll on the new settlement.
Heavy drinking and emotional problems took their toll.
Those years took their toll on me.
Debts and high interest rates took their toll.
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The war years took their toll on the artistic society.
Unavoidable damage and vandalism early took their toll.
The days took their toll.
At some point fatigue and monotony took their toll.
Vandalism and time took their toll on the island.
The town changed as a series of fires also took their toll.
These harsh conditions took their toll on the settlers.
The lawsuits and damages they had to pay took their toll.
No doubt the festivities took their toll on more than a few participants.
But advancing age and changing tastes took their toll.
Drink and drugs took their toll and the marriage quickly fell apart.
Those extra hours took their toll.
The mental scars took their toll and Bill did not return to the mine again.
Yet decades of unsustainable spending took their toll on the economy.
Talking pictures took their toll on the careers of many silent stars, including Billy Bevan.
Mortars and heavy machinery took their toll on the enemy.
Roubini wrote that Italy faced a worsening recession as austerity measures took their toll.
My dark moods took their toll.
Kate Bartrum watched babies and mothers die as cholera and dysentery took their toll.
The years of neglect took their toll on the body.
The physical abuse and blows to the head undoubtedly took their toll.
Famine and floods also took their toll on the city.
But the days and weeks of lost sleep eventually took their toll.
Failing eyesight and alcoholism took their toll on him in his last years.
Seems all those chemicals I would exposed myself to over the years finally took their toll.
Smallpox and other diseases further took their toll of the population.
Destruction of infrastructure, widespread corruption and frequent general strikes also took their toll.
Its doors were closing and the years took their toll on roofs and walls.
Ultimately overwork, an addiction to laudanum, alcohol and poor financial management took their toll.
Military duties took their toll and Crozier started drinking.
Then the baneful effects of the season took their toll.
The ongoing tensions took their toll on the beleaguered British.
His lifestyle habits for many years took their toll.
Years of neglect took their toll on this old Standard station.
But all too soon the serums and the shocks took their toll.
