take pains with
Example Sentences
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By the nineteen-thirties, he seems too preoccupied to take pains with his style.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
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 John Dewey
I shall tell her to take pains with you, but there will be no need to tell her that; she always does take pains with girls who promise to do her credit.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
Hence it was clearly worth while for Rosamond to take pains with her music and the careful selection of her lace.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
Yes, we do have a good view of the stage, that is true; but we can't be seen—it is hardly worth while to take pains with one's dress.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
