take an interest in
Example Sentences
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Which is why you might want to take an interest in what’s actually happening inside these homes — even if only for selfish reasons.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
She was a more experienced writer who had no obvious reason to take an interest in someone who’d decided, against the advice of his high school English teacher, to do the same.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
“He would take an interest in people, find out what they were about, build them up, encourage them and what they were into,” Proctor recalled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
What made you take an interest in this subject?
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
He is anxious to take an interest in you, Charles, already he has been talking to me about your schooling and your future.’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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