How to Use take root in a Sentence

take root

idiomatic phrase

• That’s where ‘Kaitlin gets Seth hooked on pot’ took root.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• If the lake didn’t linger, life might have struggled to take root.
  — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• That night in April, an idea took root and rippled through the restive crowd.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• In other words, the fear is grounded in enough fact to take root.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
• But the seeds Kate planted in CT’s brain have taken root.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
• Over time, the asada way of life took root in Los Angeles.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• In the United States, meanwhile, a solipsism took root.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• The unique solution took root in Green Bay, because Green Bay is unique.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
• That was when the seeds of this issue’s exploration of the brand’s new direction took root.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
• Most infections won’t take root, and your body will boot them out within a year or two.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
• The name had taken root in my brain and defeated all comers.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• The disease had taken root in her colon and spread to her liver, coating it in tumors.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
• Among the small firms that took root in this newly open environment was Google.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• But even as the team moves on to Sunday morning’s knockout game against Sweden, the seeds of doubt have taken root.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• There is no occupier who can take root in our free land.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 9 May 2022
• That debate is at the heart of public camping bans that have taken root in San Diego and other cities.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• As fruit-eaters, sun bears disperse seeds, helping plants to take root in new locations.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• As rich households take root in the Sunshine State, locals have started to scramble.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Abe, whose grandfather and former leader Nobusuke Kishi helped the church to take root in Japan, is now seen as a key figure in the scandal.
  — Time, 26 Sep. 2022
• As with many hunters, my infatuation with Africa took root at a young age.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
• Not everything is going smoothly as the changes take root.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Feb. 2022
• Pathways are lined with cutouts in the shape of African giant star grass, which migrated with enslaved Africans and took root alongside them.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
• Lessons must be given time to take root and unfold like flowers, not forcefully pulled apart.
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 14 June 2023
• The state's rich history makes for ample places where poltergeist tales can take root.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• The malignant what’s-wrong with-Chucky narrative had begun to take root.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
• The falling seeds from red firs and pines that would naturally take root and help replenish the landscape with native conifers were torched in the fire.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2022
• Yet seeds of unease have taken root among residents like Ms. Henelund who say their voices have been drowned out.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• The disinformation campaign has taken root in a vast swath of the country.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• The changing attitudes were also influenced by a new fashion for protest, which took root among the young.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
• Townships, a form of government that dates back to the pilgrims and took root in Illinois in the mid-1800s, have come in for particular criticism in recent decades.
  — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024