Sentence examples for captures a generation of from inspiring English sources

He captures a generation of widows who came of age at a time when it was taboo to air vulnerabilities and emotions.

Of course, "heartbreak" songs epitomised Bolton's golden era, and allowed his honey-soaked voice to capture a generation of female hearts.

Richard Linklater "What Linklater has captured is a generation of bristling minds unable to turn their thoughts into action".

In the process, he captures the imagination of a generation of schoolboys, myself among them, who, for the first time, saw the projection of their cricketing fantasies realized in the real world, cricket played as it is played in boyhood dreams — sixes, fours and never a step taken back.

Just as "Fear and Loathing" captured the imagination of a generation of film-makers, it stayed with me.

The concept of a software personal assistant has long captured the imagination of a generation of science fiction writers and computer scientists.

With her heavy boots, short white blonde hair and unfortunate tendency to stalk Brandon – a tendency that infamously led to the burning down of the school parade float – Emily captured the hearts of a generation of awkward teens.

Doubters should look no further than StreetFighter, the 1990s martial arts game that captured the imagination of a generation of teenagers.

Its slogan captured the attitude of a generation of business school graduates about starting an Internet company: "Why wouldn't you?" By the end of last year, the founders of Iwon, Jonas Steinman and Bill Daugherty (who actually did meet at the Harvard Business School), had stayed solvent enough to buy the once highflying Excite portal out of bankruptcy court for $10 million.

Robertson's shows captured the imagination of a generation of artists, established and aspiring, and future gallery directors, including Serota, who, after eight years of financial consolidation at the Whitechapel, in 1976 followed Robertson into the directorship - and, like Robertson, made his name there.

It captured the imagination of a generation of programmers.