put into words

Idioms and Phrases

Express verbally, as in I find it hard to put my feelings into words . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

"It is genuinely hard to put into words," Canter reflected.

From BBC

Mescal also praised the director: “The fact I’ve had the opportunity to work with Ridley Scott on one of his best films, is very difficult to put into words.”

From BBC

I feel that I barely have to write anything here — the truth of this is louder than anything I can put into words.

From Salon

The absolute trauma on my children's faces as they watched their sister being placed into an ambulance is something that will stay with them for the rest of their lives and the full enormity of the situation cannot be put into words.

From BBC

That exchange readies us to look closely at what she doesn’t say or refuses to put into words, the details that make “Martha” genuinely affecting and honest.

From Salon

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