put into words
Example Sentences
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"The relief I feel knowing that he will remain behind bars is hard to put into words," the wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson wrote on X.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“He was so unique in the joy he brought to all of those in his life. It’s just impossible to put into words how much he’ll be missed. We love you, BC.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Yearning for a kind of abstract stimulation that even she can’t put into words, Camille is transfixed by her beloved chair.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
But while that pain eased over time as he recovered, what hit his family next was hard to put into words.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
It all added up to more than he could really put into words, maybe more than even a poet could—something beyond the sum of its parts, something mysterious and ineffable and gorgeous to behold.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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