Sentence examples for took on something from inspiring English sources
The resort soon took on something of a celebrity cachet.
On rare occasions Mr. Freud took on something akin to official portraits.
Other scientists feel the IAU took on something of a fool's errand.
Mya Henry and Eric Werner took on something more challenging - they made a pact to leave New York and open a restaurant in Tulum, Mexico.
Mr. Holl took on something vaguely similar a few years ago for the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, inserting an addition to its architecture school into a tricky, dissonant space connecting two 19th-century buildings.
Above the low rumble of the escalator, the rhythmic calls of the woman behind the reception desk ("Next!") and the computerized voice calling out ticket numbers, the sound of people raising their voices took on something of a choral pattern.
"It's taken on something I can't even explain, like some new religion.
By the time of Mr. Fadl's defection, the terrorist conspiracy had taken on something resembling a corporate structure.
An annual riot in Ardoyne, in north Belfast, has taken on something of a ritual character and is not particularly injurious.
The Nets could end up in Brooklyn or Long Island, or Newark, and Continental Arena is already taking on something of a lame-duck status.
Just to add to all that preparation work, each year that I ve been teaching I ve taken on something new.
