Sentence examples for as if captured from inspiring English sources

A face in an Instagram photograph, filtered to eliminate any glare or unflattering light, appears star-like, as if captured by a deft paparazzo.

There are also some vivid if quickly drawn portraits of contemporary China, as if captured through the windows of a fast-moving train.

This voluminous "greeting, relaxing, collaborating space" is flanked by fish tanks and vast windows framing views of St Paul's cathedral, as if captured in a vitrine for the 4,000 Bloomberg staff who work here, 700 to a floor.

By 1989's Stronger compilation, Cliff has completed his journey to icon status, his embossed bronze face imprinted on the cover, as if captured on a Roman coin bearing an emperor's image.

Many in the military are also concerned that as American troops assume roles far from traditional combat, they would be at risk of being treated as spies if captured and denied the Geneva Convention protections afforded military detainees.

Skorzeny was also wary of the fact that he and his men would have to wear American uniforms, which risked having them shot as spies if captured; ultimately, his men were allowed to wear German uniforms under their American clothing.

Sometimes the subjects are made to rhyme with their writing, as if capturing their likeness were the moral equivalent of encapsulating their work.

Unlike his more flashy contemporaries, 6ft-plus aristocrats of the front line towering above their competitors in a series of decorous leaps stage-managed for the highlights reel, Cahill's headers have always emerged up and out of the tangle of bodies in the box, as if capturing the evolution of a collective kinetic mass rather than some deviation from it.

As if capturing fireworks' bursts and blooms wasn't hard enough, photographer David Johnson got a bit crafty when shooting the International Fireworks Show earlier this month.

Although they wore uniforms – and therefore should have been treated as prisoners of war if captured – they knew the Germans would treat them as spies.

When it was proposed that men from the Corps be assigned noms de guerre so as to avoid execution if captured, Deleu reacted strongly: "We intend to be the army of Transylvania!