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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61. Numerous calls for increased powers for the independent agency will not be taken up.
62. A police team, forewarned of the raid, had taken up positions inside the bank.
63. If the salvage is worthwhile then this should be taken up and disposed of to the highest bidder.
64. The rest of their time is taken up with meetings of committees and groups in Brussels.
65. A strike call by the Sacred Union on Feb. 3 was taken up by workers across the country.
66. The savings are taken up by the government in the form of higher taxes and transferred to the redundant workers.
67. Early on he makes a general point, one taken up by later writers, that there is a relativity about identity.
68. This means that a good proportion of the interview is taken up by passing information to the candidate.
69. Both were men given to passionate intensities; and I believe both had taken up positions in response to old psychic wounds.
70. Half the space is taken up by a picture of a violin - ah yes, but one with a broken string.
71. Bloody Gorgeous seems to have taken up permanent residence in her bed.
72. Potassium is taken up by cells with glucose under the influence of insulin.
73. Moreover, other territories were taken up with their own internal problems.
74. Their campaign was taken up in the Commons by backbencher Michael Stephen.
75. Of this, 250 or so is taken up with lighting, leaving a little over 3,000 watts for water heating.
76. His case has been taken up by Justice, the all- party law reform group.
77. Since Josie had taken up residence, the two would-be lovers had spent exactly one hour and eight minutes in privacy.
78. The children of some middle-class parents have taken up working-class occupations.
79. This suggests an important point which will be taken up in detail in the final chapter but which should be mentioned here.
80. Part of the screen was taken up by a banner ad for TotalNews sponsor NewsPage, a personalized Internet news service.
81. The export market has not taken up the slack, so redundancies are coming thick and fast.
82. Gresham ward councillor Barry Coppinger has taken up their case.
83. I belonged to the local farmers' club and had taken up curling.
84. I have been unable to think clearly this entire day because you have taken up all the space in my head.
85. Tod and I are feeling so terrific that we've joined a club and taken up tennis.
86. They are particularly useful for temporary and rented accommodation because they can be so easily taken up and put down.
87. Therefore a crouched position should be taken up which keeps the centre of gravity lower.
88. Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market.http://Sentencedict.com
89. The plan of a slave ship issued by Clarkson was also extensively taken up and became an antislavery print.
90. One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche's garden.
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.