take pains
Example Sentences
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Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
The people interviewed take pains to compliment Mr. Chase, though even a longtime collaborator like Alan Zweibel, who wrote for “SNL,” can’t repair 50 years of bad vibes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
But both Nick and Ginny take pains to declare it’s not like that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
In addition, “the crowd” has some degree of culpability, though some of the Gospels take pains to highlight that this crowd was stirred up by the religious leaders.
From Salon • May 3, 2024
Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
