How to Use take apart in a Sentence

take apart

verb
  • Yeah, my aunt took apart a roller skate and nailed it on a piece of wood.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the 150 or so sets of the Sketchbook have been taken apart.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Welding sparks shot out as workers took apart old floats and some swept the floor.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
  • They can be taken apart in the winter and packed up during a move.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 20 July 2024
  • In the end, the bridge was not taken apart, and the yacht was towed to a different location to have its masts attached.
    Kevin Koenig, New York Times, 19 May 2023
  • Juicers that need to be hand washed should be taken apart, then cleaned carefully with mild soap.
    Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
  • With a no-mesh strainer, the juicer is easy to take apart quickly for cleaning, without needing to scrub the equipment.
    Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
  • But Michigan simply took apart Maryland’s defense in the first two quarters as the Wolverines led 10-4 at the half.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023
  • Look for high chairs with a five-point harness that is simple to take apart and put back together when cleaning.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Look for feeders that are easy to put together and take apart, so cleaning is simple.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The bottle can be taken apart for cleaning and is dishwasher-safe.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • These screwdrivers were able to tighten glasses and take apart a gaming controller with ease.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His art has a rough edge—the finished pieces often look as if they’ve been taken apart and crudely reassembled.
    Robert Boyd, Chron, 16 May 2023
  • Even the antique stop valves and supply lines, which had to be taken apart and replated, turned into a restoration project.
    Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 1 May 2023
  • Like many baby cups, these need to be thoroughly taken apart to clean to prevent mold and bacteria growth in all of its nooks and crannies.
    Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The two-in-one style cot is impressively easy to put together and take apart thanks to its intuitive design.
    Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Parents will like that when playtime is over, the setup can be taken apart and nested together.
    Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
  • Harden keeps a storage unit and tries to design costumes that can be taken apart so the separate pieces are easier to tuck away.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024
  • It’s designed to be transported, assembled, and taken apart with ease, since its steel poles and strong polyester ties don’t require any tools for setup.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
  • The free disposal process doesn’t involve smelting or crushing, but the guns rather are taken apart, with the receiver or frame being the only piece destroyed.
    Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
  • With 598 pieces, this kit promotes STEM concepts in an exciting way, resulting in a beautiful build to display or take apart and start again.
    Deanna McCormack, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024
  • When you’re desired in the cannibalistic way that only whiteness can desire you, you are taken apart by your limbs.
    Hazlitt, 3 May 2023
  • Lynch began her career at Ford Motor, and part of her training consisted of taking apart a car engine and putting it back together.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Apple’s AirPods Max is surprisingly one of the more repairable options on the market right now, but there’s room for something even easier to take apart.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 8 May 2023
  • The station reports that officers started moving in and taking apart the encampment around 4:20 a.m.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 10 May 2024
  • But the biggest takeaway of them all is that the Hollywood labor contract negotiating process needs to be taken apart and rebuilt for the modern era.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Easy to build and store: A good artificial Christmas tree will be easy to put together and easy to take apart, requiring minimal fluffing.
    Jenni Gritters, wsj.com, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Now, obviously, the government would be responding, trying to take apart that claim.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 July 2023
  • Ease of Cleaning Make sure all of the components can easily be taken apart for cleaning purposes, Smart suggests.
    Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Wholesale changes to the heat shield would delay the Artemis II mission at least a year, and probably longer, to take apart the Orion spacecraft, develop and implement a solution, and then reassemble the spacecraft.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024

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