CATCH in a Sentence
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328 example sentences for CATCH, such as:
1. I don't want her to catch me now.
2. If you swear you will catch no fish.
3. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
4. Those fools would never catch the sow.
5. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
2. If you swear you will catch no fish.
3. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
4. Those fools would never catch the sow.
5. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CATCH
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catch
v. catch up with and possibly overtake
n. a restraint that checks the motion of something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Frome turned away again, and taking up his razor stooped to catch the reflection of his stretched cheek in the blotched looking-glass above the wash-stand.
2 She drew closer under the bearskin, so that, looking sideways around his coat-sleeve, he could just catch the tip of her nose and a blown brown wave of hair.
3 "Honey'll never catch anybody else if she doesn't marry Charlie," said Randa, cruel and secure in her own popularity.
4 A thousand incoherent thoughts shot through her mind, and she could not catch a single one to mold into a word.
5 She'd never, never catch another beau and everybody'd laugh fit to die at her.
6 It seemed such a terrible waste to spend all your little girlhood learning how to be attractive and how to catch men and then only use the knowledge for a year or two.
7 Sugar always caught more flies than vinegar, as Mammy often said, and she was going to catch and subdue this fly, so he could never again have her at his mercy.
8 I don't want her to catch me now.
9 Uncle Henry fidgeted, coughed and did not look at her, lest he catch sight of a tear that would upset him.
10 If you run fast you can catch up with those soldiers and they won't let the Yankees get you.
11 In the flight from Atlanta, he had understood nothing except that the Yankees were after him and now he still lived in fear that the Yankees would catch him and cut him to pieces.
12 Now, Wade, if I ever catch you on Auntee's bed again, I'll wear you out.
13 Those fools would never catch the sow.
14 Wade was at her heels, sobbing, trying to catch her flying skirts.
15 Most of the families had nothing at all but the remains of their yam crops and their peanuts and such game as they could catch in the woods.
Example Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
2 If you run after two heares, you will catch neither.
3 She was worried that she'd arrive too late to catch the last bus home.
4 The child pulled at his sleeve to catch his attention.
5 After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.
6 He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither.
7 He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.
8 You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
9 The only way to catch mice is to set a trap.
10 If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
11 Like many in Russia, she blamed the country'sfailings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.
12 A drowning man will catch at a straw.
13 If you swear you will catch no fish.
14 You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
15 He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet.