How to Use give-and-take in a Sentence

give-and-take

noun

• There's a give-and-take to this—this Dad no doubt works long hours outside the home.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 29 Nov. 2023
• In turn, inflation over the past year has been a game of give-and-take.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 June 2023
• The same goes for the give-and-take often required of friendships.
  — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2024
• Cruz has been inspired by them during the give-and-take of rehearsals, and vice versa.
  — Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
• In right field, Fernando Tatis Jr., who torments the Dodgers with his bat, was in a give-and-take with the customers for nine innings.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• The key was to insure some give-and-take before students were called to defend an opinion.
  — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
• The final nine are under $15 and scored high for pigment, though some had a give-and-take between comfort and staying power.
  — Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
• Aquarius January 20-February 18 There's a very pleasant give-and-take to the day.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• But those conversations are about give-and-take and hashing out answers.
  — Ari Pinkus, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
• The end result is a chatty bot that enables the give-and-take interaction portrayed in that Apple video.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
• Marchand is so quick-witted and enjoys the give-and-take...Bergeron is thoughtful and perceptive...
  — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• That doesn’t always happen at South Florida theaters, but the give-and-take with the actor-singers does make a difference.
  — Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• Embracing the principles of give-and-take extends beyond live events.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 6 May 2024
• The give-and-take spirit of Me Time chats helped another student feel less isolated in their mental health struggles.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
• The give-and-take spirit of Me Time chats helped another student feel less isolated in their mental health struggles.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
• Says its not easy to find teams to play Alabama, so negotiations required give-and-take.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• As has been in the past, there are give-and-take elements associated with choosing prestige.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• That has been especially pronounced when the pro-life side offers no public leadership and fails to engage in the give-and-take of democracy.
  — The Editors, National Review, 11 Apr. 2024
• The give-and-take of an earlier era, when Lew Wasserman and his Universal crowd, for instance, played both sides gave way to a doctrinaire intensity.
  — Michael Cieply, Deadline, 14 July 2024
• That kind of give-and-take seems rare in national life at the moment, but Boot touches on other aspects of Reagan’s leadership that are anything but salutary.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
• Like the alarms, there are some possible give-and-take adjustments that can be implemented here to make bedtime more comfortable for both parties.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• Why shouldn’t the protagonists themselves profit from the give-and-take between publicity and product?
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Later, the very real give-and-take between her and a priest (Liam Neeson, superb in a welcome bit of quiet away from action-thriller terrain) is stirring in its unadorned directness.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• The relationship between the police, the Waqf administrators and the artisans who work at the compound has devolved into a give-and-take, Mr. Reiter said.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• In recent history, the give-and-take between gains in productivity and increases in worker pay has been uneven.
  — Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Eno emphasized the give-and-take nature of his relationship with Fred again.., claiming to have learned from his innovative mentality in the studio.
  — Ted Davis, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023
• The closest scenario of give-and-take conversations with a room of skeptics is a news conference, and, through the end of July, Biden has averaged about 11 such meetings with reporters annually.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• That falls more into the tradition of domestic marital comedy, post-union, with its hints of amiable friction and give-and-take after years together.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Even school, ostensibly the kids’ one escape from the strains of farm life, operates on a similar give-and-take basis: Older children are taught to teach their juniors, at least up to a middle-school graduation point.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
• But perhaps nothing prepares a candidate better for the give-and-take nature of the TBD than practicing in a group, such as those organized by a professional admissions consultant.
  — Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025