take pains with

Example Sentences

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By the nineteen-thirties, he seems too preoccupied to take pains with his style.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015

This calls for the ability to concentrate the mind upon a multitude of small details, and take pains with little, uninteresting things.

From Shop Management by Taylor, Frederick Winslow

But he was always willing to work, and to take pains with his work, no matter how humble it might be. 

From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel

On which Mr. Kenyon observes that I am 'ruined for life, and shall be sure never to take pains with any poem again.'

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

"Indeed, they have been so accustomed to take pains with it, that now it is often said that English cooks roast well, if they do nothing else well."

From Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various