take pains

Example Sentences

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Bostic isn’t the only Fed official who has taken pains to emphasize the importance of the central bank’s independence this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

He took pains to make sure it was straight.

From Literature

Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.

From MarketWatch

Amusingly, Mr. Romney takes pains to point out that beneficiaries of this tax provision weren’t cheaters; they were playing by the rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

The personal is political, as the feminist rallying cry has it, and Wohl has taken pains never to lose sight of this insight when imagining the complexities of the lives of others.

From Los Angeles Times