How to Use take issue in a Sentence

take issue

idiomatic phrase

• Davis is not the only person to take issue with how the forms have been filled out.
  — Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
• And Miller, who is Jewish, took issue with that and called her a bigot.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
• Faith Pinho: And one fortuneteller in Azusa took issue with this ban.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• Hyde took issue that Moscoso failed to signal a safe or out call on the play at first and then wouldn’t meet with the other umpires for help.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
• The new report also takes issue with the fees awarded as part of the propulsion contracts.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
• Many of the comments take issue with the images in the ad, which show a lot of strife and combative expressions.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Rosensweig took issue with Okamoto’s description of Chegg as a way to cheat.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 July 2023
• Republican critics object to the carrot side of the plan, while those across the aisle take issue with the stick.
  — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
• This is not the first time UMG has taken issue with machine learning.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
• But spice aisle giant McCormick & Co. took issue with the tongue-in-cheek sticker.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Lamar seemingly took issue with a lyric placing Cole, Drake and Lamar on the same level.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Here are my responses to those who took issue with my guidance.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Campus attorneys did not take issue with it and all their coaches – of men's and women's teams – were on board.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
• Texas coach Vic Schaefer didn’t take issue with Aaliyah Moore’s summer travel plans.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2022
• Users on social media took issue with the names of the other nominees being left out.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
• City Councilor Erin Murphy, who is white and was not invited to the first party, took issue with the mayor's version of events.
  — Mickey Doyle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023
• McCormick took issue with other aspects of the package too.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• But where Spoelstra takes issue with the NBA’s crackdown on bench decorum is when common sense is removed from the equation.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
• But this isn’t just the fixation of those who take issue with the technical or legal reasoning of Roe.
  — Jess Coleman, The New Republic, 8 July 2022
• Oher also took issue with the focus on the Tuohy family.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Citing excerpts of the book, Wu took issue with Mo’s characters in the Communist army who didn’t want to fight the Japanese.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
• Frost, too, took issue with the fact that his GOP colleagues seek to elevate an election denier for speaker.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• Some also wondered whether sitting down during a concert was worth taking issue with in the first place.
  — Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2024
• In particular, the 33-year-old actor and activist seemed to take issue with how she was expected to promote the projects to which she was attached.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• The Bankruptcy Trustee took issue with these claims of exemptions and filed an objection.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Some Venezuelans take issue with the perception that their presence is increasing tension in the city.
  — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Some voters may take issue with that, as Maxey had hinted at having this type of potential in a more limited role in the past.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
• But Chrissy Teigen knows one person who will probably take issue with her husband’s steamy new song.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2022
• If the Sussexes can take issue with the privileged position they were handed, what about us?
  — Mohamed El Aassar, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
• The chancellor did not take issue with the idea of conducting a survey on free speech, noting the topic is important to his campus.
  — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024