took down
Example Sentences
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The way he took down the spinners was brutal.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We were dying with every breath we took down there. What we learned is that the city knew it,” Lt.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
In Kobane, a Kurdish-majority town in the north, Syrian state television said people attacked government offices and took down the Syrian flag in front of the local security forces headquarters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He took down three sitting members of the elite Politburo in six months, the biggest purge at this level since 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
And with that he took down the lamp and blew it out, and grasping a candle in either hand he led them out of the room.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
