How to Use caption in a Sentence

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  • The caption also omitted the name of the model in the photo.
    New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The next caption appears as the trainer helps a client to lift a weight.
    Mary Ilyushina, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Sperry wrote in the caption of the Monday (Dec. 18) post.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The baby was born on Jan. 11, the couple shared in their post's caption.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The date of the event will be posted in the coming days, according to the post caption.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The video’s caption went on to call on viewers and fans for support.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Banksy wrote in the caption, per the Evening Standard’s Tristan Kirk.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The caption of the photo is a series of eye roll emojis.
    Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In the caption of the clip, 50 Cent also sang praises of his special guest.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • When the grid is filled, the sixteen letters that are not part of a Path will spell out the missing caption.
    Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Teigen wrote in the caption, alongside three emojis of British flags.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Apr. 2023
  • This captions in the videos really made this one great.
    Dave Jorgenson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Pull up a chair, and enjoy the wide range of holiday captions.
    Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In the reel's caption, McConnell reveals that the piece took him about 26 hours in total, finished over the span of a week.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Label the kid’s cups, a bandaid for when your toddler 'really needs one,' Knox wrote in the caption of the video.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to include when and where the image was taken either in the Instagram caption or the body of the email.
    Cassidy Grubisic, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
  • In the caption, Eliza also shared her nickname for her new brother-in-law.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Arnold posted on Instagram with the phrase as his caption after the Tide’s 56-7 win.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The press statement that followed was the same as the captions posted online, just four sentences long.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Apr. 2023
  • In the caption of the post, Ru continued to underline the exposure in the new memoir.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Sly was born in March of 2021, and Ratajkowski wrote about how much her life changed after his birth in the caption of the naked photos.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2023
  • Please share your full name and pronouns for credit and caption info.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • And a picture caption with the obituary misspelled the name of the capital of Kosovo.
    New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Its origin isn’t clear, and the caption doesn’t say where it was initially captured.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • My parents paid for the meal, which was why my friend wrote in her caption, So serendipitous meeting the parents of a friend!
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The short clip has been all over social media with headlines and captions saying Stone waved at Allen.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
  • In a detailed Instagram caption, Liefeld revealed the vision for his new project and how the trailer came to be.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In the ‘70s, networks pioneered closed captions for TV.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Or think of all the savage Instagram captions that will hit the TL after your meme party.
    Carolyn Twersky, seventeen.com, 17 May 2023
  • The 50-year-old supermodel shared the rare photo of the blondes on Instagram with three heart emojis in the caption.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 June 2023
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  • The Scream Queens star only captioned the image with a heart.
    Stephanie Petit, EW.com, 14 May 2017
  • The Charles in Charge alum captioned the post with a quote from author Madeleine Eames.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Simone captioned a photo of the two of them in front of a Christmas tree.
    Women's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
  • It was captioned: The @chiefs are 2-0 with @taylorswift in attendance.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Bieber captioned a black-and-white photo with the model.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Drew now takes the time to caption all her social media videos.
    Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
  • How @obj thought spanking the cop was gonna go,’’ Garrett captioned the tweet.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 18 May 2020
  • Judy Dechert Rose captioned the photo that has since gone viral.
    Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • The bar was loud, and the owners had enabled closed-captioning on the debate channel.
    Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Ciara captioned the photo of her feet standing on a scale that read 178.6 pounds.
    Anthea Levi, Health.com, 30 June 2017
  • The note was signed off with a heart, while Mai also captioned the post with a single black heart emoji.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Walker captioned the post, explaining how the cameo came to be.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Graham didn't caption the pic, but viewers got the message loud and clear.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Johnson captioned an epic clip of the stunt on Instagram.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The star captioned the post with a sunglasses emoji, to match her own slight grin and oversized shades.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2023
  • Find the perfect quote and write the words in a thoughtful card, or use the message to caption a photo of you and Dad on Instagram.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 9 June 2022
  • Jonas captioned a post including photos from their first show from the tour, held in New York City.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Kylie captioned the pic with a pair of emojis, tagging celeb stylist Jesus Guerrero in the snap.
    De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Agassi captioned a carousel of photos and video from the event on Instagram.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Robert captioned a close-up black-and-white photo of the newborns on Instagram.
    Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • As the photos in the slideshow played, Inaba captioned each shot with a different phrase.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Sermons with closed captioning are available via the church's Web page at forestoakslutheran.com.
    Gail Hollenbeck, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
  • Some Android phones have the ability to caption videos in real time.
    David Nield, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Bieber captioned the taunting post that pictured a grinning Braun and West.
    Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • Choose your favorite cute couples caption, share the photo with your followers, and watch the likes roll in!
    Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler, captioned the post with three heart emojis.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • JoJo captioned the picture, linking to a YouTube video that showed the car in further detail.
    De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 30 Dec. 2018
  • Robach captioned Instagram photos of her and Holmes at the 2022 marathon in November.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The internet had a field day captioning the viral photo of him with hot takes.
    Ashley Hoffman, Time, 19 May 2018
  • Hurd also shared a photo from the couple's wedding and captioned it with their wedding date.
    Sasha Savitsky, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018

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