He took up from among the papers on his table a sheaf of manuscript.

The two men took up disarmament, space cooperation, legal issues and the environment, among other issues.

Andrea and Miller were already fading into the dark, taking up positions not in the cave, but among the rocks on the valley floor.

They all stared at her a moment, then scrambled to take up new positions among the mounds of fallen.

Thus I took up my new life among the Rememberers.

I thought I'd take up a private subscription among some of the people who knew poor Harmon.

They're taking up a collection for him right now, among the Boers.

She looked over her shoulder, and a silver arch filled with white light took up most of the open space among the rubble.

He had only to see it once like the sight of a bombed street, for it to take up its place imperceptibly among his memories.

Before taking up his ministry among the poor in 1845, Muhlenberg had been a nationally known educator (college preparatory schools).