How to Use capture in a Sentence

capture

1 of 2 noun
Definition of capturenext
Synonyms for capturenext
  • The group’s rapid capture of large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014 shocked the world.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The Nuggets had a 30-point lead at halftime and went on the capture the series 4-2.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2023
  • Borges didn’t hear more about the bear until news of her capture last week.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of that is voice performance, a lot of that is voice capture.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 May 2023
  • The harshest abuse came in moments of capture, rather than in the basement.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Little Richard, who died in 2020, is no easy subject to capture.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Gillespie was able to evade capture and is still considered to be at large.
    — Laura A. Bischoff, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
  • Some in the community are growing restless over the lack of a capture.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The attack on Israel resulted in about 1,400 deaths and the capture of hundreds of people.
    — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The whale-capture industry argued that there were many orcas in the sea, and that some could be sustainably caught.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The whale-capture industry argued that there were many orcas in the sea and some could be sustainably caught.
    — Freida Frisaro, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • If all goes well, the spacecraft will catch up with the space station Saturday morning and stand by for capture by the lab's robot arm.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Small gains, such as the recent capture of Avdiivka, have come at enormous cost.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The long-running feud appeared to reach new heights this week as Prigozhin announced the capture of a Russian commander.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • It was described as a champagne-colored or gold Acura TL, with a screen capture showing it as a four-door.
    — Michelle Acevedo, NBC News, 3 July 2023
  • Eventually, Stanton recruits a team of men to help assist him in the capture of Booth.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Also, if a notification pops up in the capture area or makes a sound, it will be recorded.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the cost of deploying carbon capture is the investment in the equipment to draw down the carbon dioxide, Deich said.
    — Drew Costley, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • The rest are trying to evade capture, either by climbing over the wall and making a break for it into the city, or trekking deep into the surrounding desert.
    — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The brutality of the captures began to draw public outcry and a lawsuit to stop them in Washington state.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And the second issue today is the capture of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Trimble tried to avoid capture again by breaking the door free of the shop owner’s grip and trying to slip out before the shutter had fully descended.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • The capture would apply to five of the development's six projects that have $773 million in development costs.
    — Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why some experts say that new technologies such as direct air capture could be helpful.
    — Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Israel is highly sensitive to the capture of its soldiers and civilians.
    — Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Fighting on the edge of France’s Argonne Forest, Johnson saved a fellow soldier from capture using grenades and his rifle as a club.
    — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • And what can that medium capture that isn’t possible with online media or a podcast?
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 30 May 2023
  • Bivens added that Burham didn’t have any weapons on him at the time of his capture, though a search is being conducted in the area he was found in an attempt to recover any possible items.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
  • At nearly 100 years old, Ocean Sun is the only southern resident who was alive at the time of the captures — the only one who would remember Tokitae.
    — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Most likely, this structure allowed for a maximal amount of sunlight capture within the forest’s sub-canopy zone, a space between the tallest and shortest trees and plants.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
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capture

2 of 2 verb
  • The show has captured the attention of teenagers.
  • The city was captured by the Romans.
  • The company plans on capturing a larger segment of the market.
  • They were captured by enemy soldiers.
  • She captured 60 percent of the vote in the last election.
  • She was captured in Costa Rica and brought back to the U.S. to face charges.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • These photos capture the first hours of Zdarsky’s life as a free man.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
  • From high above, a breathtaking drone shot captures the whale, the waves, and the human scrum.
    — Nathan Burstein, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Jayla was the third Ben Davis student in a row to capture the honor.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The video appeared to capture a skirmish in the crowd and people could be seen standing on cars.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Other wonders can be captured on a piece of paper, say the size of a lineup card.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • And, it was all captured on video — well, several videos.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Turn on the recoil activation for the video and camera and capture unique stills and footage from your hunts.
    — Amanda Oliver, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This lens captures footage of the driver and passengers while in motion.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2023
  • This timelapse video shows the night sky giving way to the rosy-fingered dawn, as captured by this all-sky camera.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2023
  • To capture Booth, theatergoers would’ve had to run out the front door, turn right, run around the corner and block the escape from the alley.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • All volunteers need to do is angle their phones up to capture the big event and let SunSketcher record the rest.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Coren was there to capture the joy when the schools reopened to girls for the first time in months — and the devastation when they were shut down hours later.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • For decades, the focus has been getting rid of water, not capturing it.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The gist is the disc captures acoustic noise from your chest or back and then converts it into an electric signal that can be read by the BeamO.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Just capture packets or send packets in the network, where all these servers are running.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The first photo captured Khoury’s face shortly after the attack, with her nose wrapped in gauze and her eyes swollen nearly shut.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But Ukrainians resisted, and in mid-March 2022, Russian troops failed to capture the capital and much of the rest of the country.
    — Polina Lytvynova, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The lyrics capture the two singers fully embracing themselves behind the scenes once the cameras turn off.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Those fights resulted in tens of thousands of ISIS fighters killed or captured.
    — Javed Ali, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
  • About five hours later, Ms. Chooljian’s doorbell camera captured video of the man in the blue raincoat smashing her window.
    — David Enrich, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • This marks the first time in league history that three teams have the same record through 81 games with a chance to capture the No. 1 seed in their respective conference.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In another photo shared, Prinsloo was captured laughing as one of her two daughters clung to her waist.
    — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But by the time an hour had gone by, Barlow had captured this photograph of a dunlin taking flight with little time to spare before the wave hit the shore.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Television cameras captured Ohtani in the dugout holding back tears.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023

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