8 sentences with 'undertook'
Example sentences and phrases with the word undertook and other words derived from it.
• « Finally he undertook what he knew would be the most arduous part of the operation: the repair of the aorta. »
• « Armed with his linguistic virtuosity, Erasmus undertook a vast study and re-translation of the New Testament, working from various versions of the Greek originals and correcting the Latin Vulgate which was the most widely used version at the time. »
• « While in exile, Machiavelli undertook a new work of political theory which he entitled The Prince. »
• « Filippo Brunelleschi became a prominent client of the Medici, and with their political and financial support he undertook the construction of what would become the largest free-standing domed structure in all of Europe: the dome of Florence Cathedral. »
• « The conduct of rapacious soldiers had been so appalling in the wars, especially in the Holy Roman Empire, that many states undertook the long and difficult process of creating standing professional armies to report to noble officers, rather than simply hiring mercenaries and letting them run amok. »
• « The Brothers Grimm also undertook a huge project of compiling a comprehensive German dictionary, containing not only all German words but also detailed etymologies (they did not live to see its completion; the third volume E - Forsche was published shortly before Jacob's death). »
• « The Japanese thus undertook a series of invasions, notably in Korea and the Manchurian territory in northern China, and began the process of building an empire on a par with that of the great European powers. »