put (something) into words
idiom
: 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; …—
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J. K. RowlingExamples of put (something) into words in a Sentence
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In times of great and sudden calamity, many of us feel quite helpless to put into words our thoughts.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
Staley’s praise for her opponent succinctly summarized what almost can’t be put into words.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024
Yoshihiro Kawaoka put into words a question that worries many scientists watching this situation, the worry that underscored Fouchier’s insistence that this outbreak must be stopped as quickly as possible.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 June 2024
The totality of that experience is also hard to put into words.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
But music and other arts can bring awareness to concepts that are too damaging to silently hold inside and too painful and complex to put into words.
—Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
With a precise but unfussy visual style, Baker seems to have come to the cinema to evoke moments in between, things that can’t be precisely put into words but have to simply be experienced and felt.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Professor Young, a neuroscientist at Emory University in Atlanta, used prairie voles in a series of experiments that revealed the chemical process for the pirouette of heart-fluttering emotions that poets have tried to put into words for centuries.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Big ideas seem impossible to put into words as the moon and Neptune clash.
—USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
Staley’s praise for her opponent succinctly summarized what almost can’t be put into words.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024
Yoshihiro Kawaoka put into words a question that worries many scientists watching this situation, the worry that underscored Fouchier’s insistence that this outbreak must be stopped as quickly as possible.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 June 2024
The totality of that experience is also hard to put into words.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
But music and other arts can bring awareness to concepts that are too damaging to silently hold inside and too painful and complex to put into words.
—Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
With a precise but unfussy visual style, Baker seems to have come to the cinema to evoke moments in between, things that can’t be precisely put into words but have to simply be experienced and felt.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Professor Young, a neuroscientist at Emory University in Atlanta, used prairie voles in a series of experiments that revealed the chemical process for the pirouette of heart-fluttering emotions that poets have tried to put into words for centuries.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Big ideas seem impossible to put into words as the moon and Neptune clash.
—USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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