How to Use take root in a Sentence

take root

idiomatic phrase
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  • That’s where ‘Kaitlin gets Seth hooked on pot’ took root.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • If the lake didn’t linger, life might have struggled to take root.
    — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • That night in April, an idea took root and rippled through the restive crowd.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In other words, the fear is grounded in enough fact to take root.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the seeds Kate planted in CT’s brain have taken root.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Over time, the asada way of life took root in Los Angeles.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • In the United States, meanwhile, a solipsism took root.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The unique solution took root in Green Bay, because Green Bay is unique.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
  • That was when the seeds of this issue’s exploration of the brand’s new direction took root.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Most infections won’t take root, and your body will boot them out within a year or two.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The name had taken root in my brain and defeated all comers.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The disease had taken root in her colon and spread to her liver, coating it in tumors.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Among the small firms that took root in this newly open environment was Google.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But even as the team moves on to Sunday morning’s knockout game against Sweden, the seeds of doubt have taken root.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There is no occupier who can take root in our free land.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 9 May 2022
  • That debate is at the heart of public camping bans that have taken root in San Diego and other cities.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As fruit-eaters, sun bears disperse seeds, helping plants to take root in new locations.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • As rich households take root in the Sunshine State, locals have started to scramble.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Abe, whose grandfather and former leader Nobusuke Kishi helped the church to take root in Japan, is now seen as a key figure in the scandal.
    — Time, 26 Sep. 2022
  • As with many hunters, my infatuation with Africa took root at a young age.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
  • Not everything is going smoothly as the changes take root.
    — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Pathways are lined with cutouts in the shape of African giant star grass, which migrated with enslaved Africans and took root alongside them.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
  • Lessons must be given time to take root and unfold like flowers, not forcefully pulled apart.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 14 June 2023
  • The malignant what’s-wrong with-Chucky narrative had begun to take root.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • The falling seeds from red firs and pines that would naturally take root and help replenish the landscape with native conifers were torched in the fire.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Yet seeds of unease have taken root among residents like Ms. Henelund who say their voices have been drowned out.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The disinformation campaign has taken root in a vast swath of the country.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Climbing hydrangea can also be used as ground cover, taking root where the suckers make contact with the ground and filling in the area.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The baobab trade, which took root in her area in 2018, would previously supplement things like children’s school fees and clothing for locals of the small town of Kotwa in northeastern Zimbabwe.
    — Farai Mutsaka, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Some of the extended coverage may offer simple blocking and tackling various theories that start to take root on social media.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024

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