take a toll

The townspeople were unwelcoming, making little effort to make the newcomer feel welcome.

But what stood out most to me was how the film [Gravity] proves we need The Mako Mori Test.

Samuel Merwin, Jr., editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, said much the same when he lamented in the December, 1946 (p. 100) that he didn't have a letter from a femme fan to publish that month and encouraged his female readers to send in letters.