How to Use take issue in a Sentence

take issue

idiomatic phrase
  • Davis is not the only person to take issue with how the forms have been filled out.
    Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
  • And Miller, who is Jewish, took issue with that and called her a bigot.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Faith Pinho: And one fortuneteller in Azusa took issue with this ban.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Rubio isn't the first to take issue with this inquiry from reporters.
    Sarah Gleason, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • Hyde took issue that Moscoso failed to signal a safe or out call on the play at first and then wouldn’t meet with the other umpires for help.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The new report also takes issue with the fees awarded as part of the propulsion contracts.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
  • Many of the comments take issue with the images in the ad, which show a lot of strife and combative expressions.
    John Brandon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Rosensweig took issue with Okamoto’s description of Chegg as a way to cheat.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • Republican critics object to the carrot side of the plan, while those across the aisle take issue with the stick.
    Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This is not the first time UMG has taken issue with machine learning.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Harford schools cannot change the nature or content of the course, which irked five of the board’s nine members, who took issue with the content. .
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
  • But spice aisle giant McCormick & Co. took issue with the tongue-in-cheek sticker.
    Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Lamar seemingly took issue with a lyric placing Cole, Drake and Lamar on the same level.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • As he was stopped, an officer knocked on his car window and the eight-time Pro Bowler took issue with that action.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Here are my responses to those who took issue with my guidance.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Other users took issue with the pins, citing their safety.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
  • Rand took issue with Vidor’s film, which was maligned then but has since been reappraised.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2024
  • Inequity at Home Still Exists While the response to the video was largely positive, many commenters took issue with the premise of the skit.
    Evan Porter, Parents, 18 July 2024
  • Megan and Melody took issue with how Farmer Ty, 42, handled their respective breakups.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • Campus attorneys did not take issue with it and all their coaches – of men's and women's teams – were on board.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Texas coach Vic Schaefer didn’t take issue with Aaliyah Moore’s summer travel plans.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Users on social media took issue with the names of the other nominees being left out.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Commenters overwhelmingly agreed that the woman was not in the wrong, and took issue with her partner’s actions and rhetoric.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • McFarland takes issue with these types of cases against tribes.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2024
  • City Councilor Erin Murphy, who is white and was not invited to the first party, took issue with the mayor's version of events.
    Mickey Doyle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023
  • McCormick took issue with other aspects of the package too.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But where Spoelstra takes issue with the NBA’s crackdown on bench decorum is when common sense is removed from the equation.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But this isn’t just the fixation of those who take issue with the technical or legal reasoning of Roe.
    Jess Coleman, The New Republic, 8 July 2022
  • The letter took issue with OceanGate’s decision not to try to get the Titan classified.
    Ray Sanchez, Graham Hurley and Caroline Jaime, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The plastic recycling industry took issue with the bill, however.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024

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