Sentence examples for take nonsense from inspiring English sources

"take nonsense" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used as an expression of disbelief or incredulity, or to express that someone or something is not making sense. For example, "I'm not going to take nonsense from you anymore".

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"I just don't take nonsense".

Like their father, he said, "they wouldn't take nonsense from anyone".

She won't take nonsense from any man, not least her tormentor the Forester – Christopher Purves, who in his closing hymn to nature, secures his position as one of our finest British baritones.

More recent readings tend to take nonsense more seriously as exactly that nonsense.

Don't take nonsense from anybody, and be resolute.

Let them realize that grandma doesn't take nonsense but neither does she dish it out.

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She doesn't suffer fools gladly, and she takes nonsense from no one, friend or foe.

Hillary Clinton's legacy may not be far off from that: another female pioneer, a formidable Secretary of State, who takes nonsense from nobody.

Seuss, the author of classics like The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax, took nonsense to a whole new level.

He said: "I have enjoyed every minute of the experience, I have been privileged to service the people of Doncaster with what I think has been four years of common sense and taking nonsense out of council and political life".

It does not take much to see that these three responses, taken together, make nonsense of each other.

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