Emotions & feelings
capture the feeling
express how something felt
To capture the feeling of something is to express or preserve the emotion and atmosphere it created.
Hear it in real life
Does the painting show what the beach was like?
Yes, it captures the feeling of a quiet summer afternoon.
That old song captures the feeling of being young and carefree.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: capture ‸ feeling of something
Say: capture the feeling of something
This fixed expression normally includes "the" before "feeling."
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How it fits in a sentence.
capture the feeling of something; capture a feeling
Your turn: say it out loud
That old song captures the feeling of being young and carefree.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
capture the feeling
express how something felt
“That old song captures the feeling of being young and carefree.”
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