How to Use taka in a Sentence

taka

noun

• This school, which used to be free, now charges 350 taka ($4) a month.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• He’s set up a shop to charge cellphones for 5 taka (6 cents) a pop.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
• Knots of refugees run after any vehicle that slows down in the hope of getting a few taka (pennies) or something to eat.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
• Now, after just one win and 120 minutes of trying to lull Russia to sleep, tiki-taka needs a rethink.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 5 July 2018
• The 46-year-old was drilled in the art of tiki taka at Barcelona's La Masia academy from a young age, before later going on to coach the club and give rise to the next generation of stars off the club's famed production line.
  — SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Spain, the 2010 champion, countered the physical size of European players with the elegant style of passing and movement known as tiki taka.
  — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
• Manchester City's players also have had their own share of individual dominance, using their second season in the tiki-taka system to its fullest.
  — SI.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• La Blaugrana are known for their vibrant, attacking verve and many football fans feel that defensively minded players have an easier time of things due to the club's tiki-taka possession based philosophy.
  — SI.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Ernesto Valverde’s side has continued its evolution from the tiki-taka days into a more structured, tactically focused team that is very different from that dull, almost powerless Spanish Super Cup team.
  — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• Pessimism replaced with confidence, fatalism defeated, and the club's global status only reinforced by the style -- dubbed tiki-taka -- that accompanied that success.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 May 2017

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024