How to Use take apart in a Sentence

take apart

verb
  • Yeah, my aunt took apart a roller skate and nailed it on a piece of wood.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And the base station is easy to take apart for tray cleaning.
    — New Atlas, 10 May 2025
  • To get the snake out, contractors had to take apart part of the wall.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Welding sparks shot out as workers took apart old floats and some swept the floor.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
  • They can be taken apart in the winter and packed up during a move.
    — Sami Sparber, Axios, 20 July 2024
  • Fatu took apart the steel steps, but Reigns threw one of the stairs at Fatu’s head.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Juicers that need to be hand washed should be taken apart, then cleaned carefully with mild soap.
    — Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
  • Just those two alone should be enough to take apart the pipelines of the #Resistance.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
  • My mind taking apart, then remaking.
    — Leila Chatti september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the 150 or so sets of the Sketchbook have been taken apart.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Look for feeders that are easy to put together and take apart, so cleaning is simple.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Rollins took apart the announce table to prepare for a Shield Bomb.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • These screwdrivers were able to tighten glasses and take apart a gaming controller with ease.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • And also yours to squander, to take apart and reconfigure, even to lose.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • The bottle can be taken apart for cleaning and is dishwasher-safe.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • There’s so much ammo in brat, so many intriguing moments that could be looped, taken apart.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Time took apart the mountains, and rain dissolved most of the minerals in them, but the quartz remained.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Look for high chairs with a five-point harness that is simple to take apart and put back together when cleaning.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This is a more involved operation that involves taking apart a lot more of the grinder.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • They were given a new Model A to take apart and put together again.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The agency meant to defend against these abuses is being taken apart from the inside.
    — Chloe Rogers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
  • One of the most interesting is a submarine set, which is built to be taken apart and filmed in pieces.
    — Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Ravaged by dry rot, entire sections of the building were taken apart stone by stone and rebuilt.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • His art has a rough edge—the finished pieces often look as if they’ve been taken apart and crudely reassembled.
    — Robert Boyd, Chron, 16 May 2023
  • Pour out all remaining nectar Rinse well with water, and take apart the feeder.
    — Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In the end, the bridge was not taken apart, and the yacht was towed to a different location to have its masts attached.
    — Kevin Koenig, New York Times, 19 May 2023
  • Macias also owned an auto shop and has been taking apart and fixing appliances from a young age.
    — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • With a no-mesh strainer, the juicer is easy to take apart quickly for cleaning, without needing to scrub the equipment.
    — Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
  • Parents will like that when playtime is over, the setup can be taken apart and nested together.
    — Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
  • Even the antique stop valves and supply lines, which had to be taken apart and replated, turned into a restoration project.
    — Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 1 May 2023

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