They had found their strategy wanting, though they took its failure well.

Take Japan's $2.5 billion failure in the aluminum business in the 1970's.

Still, Conway did not take the Jets' failure to draft a receiver as validation of his role.

Why did he take every night's failure as a threat to his legend and livelihood?

"He always had money problems," said Ms. Bargmann, who took his failure to pay in stride.

He's taken his failure to protect the King very hard.

He was taking his failure to stop Elega hard.

One only needs to ask my wife, children and colleagues at my current company if I have taken my recent failure lying down.

The pilot was taking his failure very badly.

He took its failure almost as a personal insult.