put (something) into words

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: to express (a thought or feeling) in words

She finds it hard to put her feelings into words. [=to say what her feelings are]

He felt as though all three of them had reached an understanding they didn't need to put into words; …—

J. K. Rowling

Examples of put (something) into words in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Going through new experiences can be great, but sometimes putting your overall take on them is difficult to put into words right away. —

Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024 Purple mattresses have a unique feeling that’s really comfortable, but hard to put into words. —

Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024 Some things that are easy to draw are not so easy to put into words, and conversely, some things are easy to write but much more complex to translate into an illustration. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024 The colors vibrate in ways that can be difficult to put into words. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for put (something) into words

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