taken away

Example Sentences

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“I think they had, you know, some notion of feeling that way and it would have taken away from the summit,” he explained.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

His marriage fell apart, and his children were taken away by his ex-partner without warning.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Instead, when we arrived at Matthew’s base, Annie, 22, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and taken away in handcuffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Hernandez went home and had her phone taken away, but Burke allegedly paid a junior high school student $1,000 to give her a new device so they could stay in touch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

And so the official was taken away and the emperor finally received his peach.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin