take the role of
Example Sentences
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They will take the role of nurses and aides and in some cases provide the emotional support that used to come from family and friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The on-screen Blue Boy Scout conveyed a Smallville-bred sense of humility throughout, saying he almost didn’t take the role of Superman for fear of being too busy to help with a newborn.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
Before leaving the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Beckett told jurors they were not to take "the role of detectives or investigators" while at Limefield.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024
According to Ferguson’s letter, John Paramo, assistant superintendent of educational services, would take the role of acting superintendent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023
Never can the conventions of the Occident become those of the Far East; and never will foreign missionaries be suffered in Japan to take the role of a police of morals.
From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Hearn, Lafcadio
