Sentence examples for take measure from inspiring English sources

Several people at the dinner said they had come specifically to take measure of Ms. Palin.

And they are not the only ones who will need to take measure of the situation.

It is make-or-break time, when the networks take measure of the nation's taste and maneuver accordingly.

Their deaths, in a fleeting way, compel us to take measure of what has slipped from our own lives.

American diplomats will be able to take measure of the presumptive leader while conveying messages about the promise and problems in United States-China relations.

He touches his throat, as though to take measure of his pulse, which, I imagine, is bebopping at a rate too rapid for his comfort.

I'll take measures".

We try to take measures.

But we will take measures to act".

We'll take measures in both fields.

He promised to investigate, identify the guilty, and take measures.