Sentence examples for simply take up from inspiring English sources

They simply take up too much space on the fork, displacing the other ingredients.

"Women like Margaret Johnson do not surrender; they simply take up another line of campaign," Spencer writes.

Immigrants do not simply take up citizenship because they feel something in common with the pre-existing culture (your hypothesis that successful multiculturalism translates to citizenship).

David Chandler, a leading Cambodia scholar, said it would be wise for the opposition lawmakers to simply take up the 55 seats they won rather than risk losing their say in the government.

Over the weekend, Mr. Case and his allies began using Twitter to pressure the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, to simply take up and pass the House bill.

Newly arrived from Russia and elsewhere, they simply take up the offer of subsidized accommodation, move into the occupied areas and become — like peasants in southern Italy freshly supplied with roads and electricity — the grateful clients of their political patrons.

Otherwise, this record simply takes up where 2001's Rock Steady left off.

He hedges his bets – rather than tracking the movement of Carle when Sydney is in attack, he simply takes up a position in space.

Although the former Lille creator was, initially at least, less effective than usual, his fellow midfielders simply took up the slack.

Is blogging dead, or have you simply taken up a time consuming team sport? A. I feel like blogging is a time consuming team sport.

Riley (Bradley White) is also their friend and housemate, but the apparently unemployed character is so badly defined he simply takes up space.