Sentence examples similar to I takes up from inspiring English sources

I took up cycling.

I took up boxing.

Alone, I took up some playing cards.

I took up the novel again.

How do I take up a promise?

I took up running, and then triathlons.

First, I took up knitting again.

I took up mountain biking there.

Now, I took up the keyboard myself.

I took up under-age smoking instead.

I took up my place on it.