Similar words: taken, betaken, take note, partaken, mistaken, take notes, overtaken, take note of. Meaning: adj. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
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31. The carpets had to be taken up when the house was rewired.
32. I'm sorry I've already taken up so much of your valuable time.
33. Too much of this report is taken up with out-of-date figures.
34. The company announced that 90% of the recent rights issue had been taken up by shareholders.
35. He has taken up an appointment as Professor of Chemistry.
36. John's taken up stamp-collecting; he seems really bitten by it.
37. He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.
38. The local MP has taken up the case of the family of six who have been left homeless.
39. The young soprano was taken up by a famous conductor.
40. They've taken up my references , so they must be interested in me.
41. Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.
42. The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.
43. In fact, the bulk of the book is taken up with criticizing other works.
44. The rest of the meeting was taken up by routine matters.
45. Relatives have taken up the cudgels for two British women accused of murder.
46. The injured man was taken up to his chamber.
47. The remainder was taken up with minor details.
48. The story is now taken up at second hand.
49. I wish he had taken up some steady work.
50. He has taken up the challenge to lead.
51. I hear Frank's taken up singing again.
52. Other industries have taken up the slack.
53. The union has also taken up the case of 50 workers who were fired for joining the union.
54. Once in government in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hall's deregulatory message was taken up with alacrity.
55. Wait until a ferret fitted with a transmitter has taken up a fixed position down a burrow.
56. More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language.
57. Might not that message been taken up by my immune system?
58. The father of two had taken up the hobby 18 months ago and was a member of the Ince Blundell flying club.
59. Because we needed food, more and more of my free time was taken up by teaching,[www.Sentencedict.com] even at weekends.
60. Around a fifth of the increase was taken up in greater activity, which resulted in a sharp fall in unemployment.
More similar words: taken, betaken, take note, partaken, mistaken, take notes, overtaken, take note of, take notice, mistakenly, undertaken, take no notice, take notice of, take no notice of, taken for granted, if I am not mistaken, open up, freshen up, loosen up, smarten up, lighten up, tighten up, prenuptial, take the cake, make a mistake, straighten up, awaken, kraken, shaken, weaken.