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

This calls for the ability to concentrate the mind upon a multitude of small details, and take pains with little, uninteresting things.

From Shop Management by Taylor, Frederick Winslow

One does not trouble one's self about the furniture of earthly life any more than one would take pains with the beautification of a room in which one happens to be lodged for a night.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

Both precautions show Clancy’s determination to take pains with the game he is pursuing, and not again give it a chance to get away.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

I think, if you take pains with your table, it will surpass that which the ladies at the lodge have made, and theirs is reckoned the most beautiful in the country.

From The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People by Blackford, Mrs. (Martha)