capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
were capturing
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past progressiveof capture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As she talked about Slovenia’s government and her contacts within it, cameras were capturing her every word.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
We were capturing these portraits of Stephen ahead of the release of “Adolescence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Those maps showed that Russian troops had gained a foothold in two settlements in the past day, a slower rate of advance than before, when they were capturing up to five settlements a day.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
Their slightly different measurements of time were capturing minuscule changes in the gravitational field.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
In 1917 they were tempted to imagine they were capturing messages destined for warships or submarines at sea.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
