take pains

Idioms and Phrases

see at pains .

Example Sentences

The church takes pains to keep its official positions apolitical, and last weekend, one of its senior leaders, Dallin H. Oaks, encouraged members to be civil ahead of the November election.

From Los Angeles Times

Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.

From Salon

Then, he took pains to assure his listeners that judges “are not politicians.”

From Salon

And yet, the series takes pains to connect them, thematically and visually, in the editing process, through crosscutting that links them throughout different periods of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times

For decades, Moscow became Vietnam’s biggest donor, providing military aid when Hanoi was fighting its wars against France and the United States — a fact that Mr. Putin took pains to remind the Vietnamese on Thursday.

From New York Times

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