Capture

//ˈkæp.ʃə//

"Capture" in a Sentence (28 examples)

The capture of the prince by the king led to another war.

I go to bed early so I can get up to capture the sunrise.

We want to capture all the uniqueness of each language. And we as well want to capture their evolution through time.

To be honest, we came to capture you.

They would capture as many people as possible.

General Jackson failed to capture any Indians.

Cameras don't tend to capture reality.

This is the way they capture elephants alive.

Tom took part in a scheme set by the police to capture the serial murderer.

The local police and the FBI formulated a search plan to capture the fugitives.

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even with regard to captures made at sea

the capture of a lover’s heart

video capture

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to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal

Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.

[…]I said it was because Tillerson hadn't filled the subordinate ranks with appointees who would advance the Administration's policies and that he had, in effect, been captured by the careerists.

Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.

The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination.

She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.

She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.

Ultimately, whether you want to shoot digital or film, the object is to give the client what they want and to capture the image you want, the way you want it to look.

His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.

In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.

Winterhalter was gifted at capturing the luxurious fabrics and hairstyles of female royalty and he was commissioned to paint portraits of the continental Empresses Eugénie of France and Elizabeth of Austria.

My pawn was captured.

He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.

How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

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