taken back

Example Sentences

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Every time I take one out of the cupboard in the morning, I’m taken back to that trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In Moscow, residents say they are being taken back in time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"When I paint, I'm taken back 500 years, to the streets of Herat back then," when the rulers of the Timurid empire were patrons of artists such as Behzad, Qane said with a smile.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Besigye, who has run for president against Museveni four times, has been in detention with his associate Obeid Lutale since they were both dramatically seized in Kenya and taken back to Uganda.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Shouldn’t I have been jumping for joy, scrambling down the tree, diving into the water, and swimming back to my own kind to be rescued and taken back to… civilization?

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo