give heed

Example Sentences

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A top legislative attorney has said Dunleavy could give heed to retroactive provisions in the bill or use other tools to keep state government operating until the bill takes effect, such as interim borrowing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2021

While they were still able to give heed to such things, they could hear his breath hissing and gasping just in front of them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Miss Pike was too intent upon securing the object to give heed to the speaker’s voice or recognize it.

From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)

The improvement in his spirits allowed Lord Manister to give heed to another portion of his organism which had for some time been inviting him to go into another room and dine.

From Tiny Luttrell by Hornung, Ernest William

After that, he forced himself to give heed to other matters for the sake of distraction and became conscious of the sounds from the next room.

From Bruce of the Circle A by Titus, Harold