capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
had been capturing
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past perfect progressiveof capture.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The pair of documentarians who had been capturing video on the day of the attack had spotted and recorded Kevin.
From Fox News ● Sep. 7, 2021
At City Ballet, we were extremely lucky that for nearly a decade we had been capturing ballets on film each year to excerpt for marketing purposes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
For a few days wire agency photographers had been capturing compelling images of furious activity and ambulances outside London A&E units.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2021
Instagram allowed him to add geographic coordinated to his images, forcing his followers to acknowledge the wide geographic range of poverty, an issue he had been capturing for two decades.
From Time ● Dec. 14, 2015
