give heed

Example Sentences

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A top legislative attorney has said Dunleavy could give heed to retroactive provisions in the bill or use other tools to keep state government operating until the bill takes effect, such as interim borrowing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2021

While they were still able to give heed to such things, they could hear his breath hissing and gasping just in front of them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

The improvement in his spirits allowed Lord Manister to give heed to another portion of his organism which had for some time been inviting him to go into another room and dine.

From Tiny Luttrell by Hornung, Ernest William

Thoughtfulness means, practically, the same thing as careful attention; to give our mind to a subject is to give heed to it, to take pains with it.

From How We Think by Dewey, John

Wladislas, of a weak and jealous disposition, was, however, at the time too much occupied in attending to foul calumnies uttered against the spotless virtue of his queen to give heed to the application.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.