How to Use take after in a Sentence

take after

verb
  • But there are more steps to be taken after that.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The men fled the scene, and the man who had been robbed took after them in his own vehicle.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Duke takes after big brother Drake and their dad with his good sense of humor.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • What actions the central bank might take after that remains much less clear.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • Michaels was injured on the second take after adjustments were made to the stunt.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 May 2025
  • Ian Roberts and his brothers took after their mother as children.
    — Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Polls taken after the debate showed most voters thought Biden won.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • His backcourt teammate is starting to take after him in that regard.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Jack might take after his dad's musical prowess!
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Yustyna has Pavlo’s light blue eyes and seems to have taken after him in her calmness.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The band is forced into doing take after take in his quest to fully convey his own emotions.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • After the men left in the pickup truck, the victim took after them in his own vehicle.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
  • No further action was taken after that.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This means take after take of me pulling Isaac on the sled, which is attached on runners to the tunnel floor.
    — Kristian Nairn, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Dax takes after his mother and has a greater sense of adventure than his younger sister or his father.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Bleeding forearms, take after take.
    — Ryan Brennan march 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Storie, who is brunette, looks just like her father, while Aspen has blonde hair that takes after her mom.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Two cash register drawers and a small safe were taken after windows were broke.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This is the first photo taken after lovemaking since the end of June.
    — Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • It should be taken after your last drink or after every five drinks, per Grossman.
    — Emily Burns, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Barry Keoghan's son is already taking after his father in more ways than one!
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2024
  • So that’s what Pitt, trying to be a serious actor, did take after take.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 July 2025
  • Great teams tend to take after their head coach, and the Bears have done that all season long with Johnson.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Katy Perry's daughter Daisy is taking after her mom as a singer, but not as a brunette.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The video was taken after Garcia was interviewed at her house.
    — Krista Torralva, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Or, take after Aniston by throwing them on with flip-flops and a basic T-shirt.
    — Averi Baudler, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The video was taken after the incident, as agents searched Rank’s car in the school parking lot.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
  • By most accounts, the director spent the bulk of the shoot filming take after take of the scenes that do appear in the movie.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Photographs taken after the assault showed that the cell’s walls were smeared with blood and a sink had been ripped out of a wall in the chaos.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Aniello pointed out that watching one take after another can rob them of the wider context of the scene.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 June 2025

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