How to Use take up in a Sentence

take up

verb

• The soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly.
• And the burr grinder takes up far more counter space in my small kitchen.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• The case was put on hold as the Supreme Court then took up the matter.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
• If polyps are found, the colonoscopy may take up to 45 minutes.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
• The beds and the dressers that came with the room took up the majority of their space.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2024
• Flaming garbage took up the whole northbound side of the street.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
• Next come the galleries, which take up the whole southern end of the building.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
• This has a sharp design that doesn’t take up much space.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 30 Nov. 2022
• The high court is expected to take up the case in March or April.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• There are at least three books this fall that take up the call to think about joy and ask us to think with them.
  — Tess Taylor, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
• The species can take up to four to five years to mature from the nascent tadpole stage to the adult frog stage, Lundy added.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Sep. 2022
• The appeals court agreed last month to take up Trump's appeal.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 3 June 2024
• Its sleek and slim design won’t take up much space on your kitchen counter.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• But that can’t quite get The Son past the middling dramatic scenes that take up so much of the movie.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2023
• The House Committee on Ethics will now take up the matter.
  — Tim Balk New York Daily News (tns), al, 3 Mar. 2023
• The hockey rink up the street — T-Mobile Arena — takes up roughly the same amount of space.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The court is expected to take up the issue in a hearing next month.
  — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• The Senate then took up the bill and approved it during an evening vote of 77-13.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• With the display fixed in front of me, the picture always takes up the full display space of the glasses.
  — PCMAG, 21 May 2024
• Borges even launched a website to take up his own defense.
  — Julie Carr Smyth, ajc, 19 Jan. 2023
• The Era 2 is vented on five sides, and the case can take up to a 280mm radiator.
  — John Burek, PCMAG, 29 June 2024
• All the repairs are expected to take up to a year to complete.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022
• And through the early aughts, Christian Dior and Miu Miu took up the mantle as well.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
• Recovery can take up to 12 weeks with a full return to sports in four to six months.
  — Oluseun Olufade, Verywell Health, 1 May 2024
• According to Screen Rant, the sets don’t take up the entire sound stage.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2023
• The petite bag lives up to its name, taking up the same amount of space as a 5-by-7-inch picture frame.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• Some things are regifted, while others just take up space in my house.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
• In fact, a drawing room, a music room, and a billiards room take up the entire north side of the abode.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
• The state Legislature soon will take up a bill placing the ban in state law.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Cellos and basses then took up that figure with lusty force, like a rugby scrum pushing downfield.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024