Sentence examples for so took up from inspiring English sources

In his youth Kechiche was a passionate cinephile, but he never imagined film-making could be a real option, so took up acting instead.

It was a long way from where he had started but Magnanelli wanted to play football so took up the challenge.

She also tried to become an equestrienne, but at 5ft 2in she had difficulty in leaping on the horses and so took up the trapeze.

David broke his neck playing ice hockey, but says he just didn't learn his lesson so took up another sport in which he takes a battering.

High trait-anxious individuals were slowed more by the presence of competing distracters (although group differences were apparent only when targets were relatively easy to find and so took up fewer attentional resources).

The whole place seems so taken up with its own socio-cultural significance.

I was so taken up that the book became entirely real to me.

So taking up her current role in March 2013 seemed a natural move.

The woman was so taken up with her challenge that she missed his meaning.

So taking up with the new stars in the mutual fund firmament could prove rewarding in the future, too.

The performers are so taken up by this task, they don't have room to think "in character", but character emerges nonetheless.