partake

Example Sentences

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Homeland Security secretaries do not typically partake in field operations.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

To partake of the forbidden apple cake—and who could resist it?—is to know that joy is always ringed by sorrow, and made sweeter for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Despite the unconstitutional elements of the move, not only did Han choose not to oppose it but decided to partake in it, the judge said.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

I’ve always been fascinated with apple bobbing, mainly because I wasn’t allowed to partake in it growing up.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

“Why don’t you run along and partake in some dubious recreation that appeals to you,” Ignatius belched.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole