Use caught in a sentence
Sentences starting with caught
- Caught with them, hung with them! [10]
Sentences ending with caught
- Sellers grew very weary of it all, and said: "What is the sense in cooking a rabbit before it's caught? [5]
- Just as he was getting into his chariot, news was brought him that the mat-maker, who had sawn through the masts at the gate, had been caught. [10]
- In a quandary Venters returned to the other horses, hoping much, yet doubting more, that when Wrangle had grazed to suit himself he might be caught. [13]
- The tramp had used his matches disastrously: he had set his straw bed on fire, and the oaken sheathing of the room had caught. [5]
- If these lead to what the critics call art, it is all very well; but if not, that grand desideratum has no chance of being run after or caught. [14]
- One day I thought I would stop and see a fish caught. [5]
- Never before had the lad heard such bold, joyous voices; even at the second verse his heart bounded and it seemed as if he must join in the tune, which he had quickly caught. [10]
- Thus, your French servant has devalise your premises and got caught. [6]
- Jorg, the charcoal-burner, received them, and opened his hut, but only to go away himself, for though willing to give the fugitives shelter and act against the authorities, he did not wish to be present, if the refugees should be caught. [10]
- When I think of the intrigues, and divorces, the self-indulgences,--when I think of my own marriage--" her voice caught. [9]
Short sentences using caught
- Tarboe caught at something. [11]
- Stephen caught that smile. [9]
- He caught his mother's hand. [11]
- Madelinette caught Madame Marie's arm. [11]
- This caught the hunter's eye. [11]
- Jo Portugais caught his sleeve. [11]
- The Captain caught her. [9]
- Then he caught her up. [2]
- The Mistress caught her breath. [6]
- Suddenly he caught her arm. [11]
Sentences containing caught two or more times
- She caught it while I was up country trapping on the North Shore of the Erie; caught it in the timber a couple of miles from our dug-out--or it might have been four, she isn't certain which. [5]
- By dawn he was tricked out for his raid, but he caught a glimpse of Pudd'nhead Wilson through the window over the way, and knew that Pudd'nhead had caught a glimpse of him. [5]
- Some species stridulate very loudly, so that when Mr. F. Smith caught a Trox sabulosus, a gamekeeper, who stood by, thought he had caught a mouse; but I failed to discover the proper organs in this beetle. [1]
- With a pained, shuddering little gasp she caught her handkerchief from her bosom, and, running one hand round his shoulder, quickly and gently caught away the spot of blood, and crumpled the handkerchief in her hand to hide it from him. [11]
- He thought of her continually as a panther, a panther he had caught and could not tame; he hadn't even caught her, since she might escape at any time. [9]
- He will not fish or hunt on Sunday (although he is no more likely to catch anything that day than on any other); but may he eat trout that the guide has caught on Sunday, if the guide swears he caught them Saturday night? [4]
- Wherever a Darnell caught a Watson, or a Watson caught a Darnell, one of 'em was going to get hurt--only question was, which of them got the drop on the other. [5]
More example sentences with the word caught in them
- I caught the youngster by the collar. [9]
- She caught the young officer by his cuffs, and a look of solemnity and fear appeared on her flushed face. [2]
- Well, what think you--" He paused, rose, walked up and down the room, caught his moustache between his teeth once or twice, and seemed buried in thought. [11]
- Upon the plains you will see a cloud arising, not in the sky, but from the ground--a billowy surf of drifting snow; then another white billow from the sky will sweep down and meet it, and you are caught between. [11]
- Night caught us yesterday where we had to take quarters in a peasant's house which was occupied by the family and a lot of cows and calves--also several rabbits.--[His word for fleas. [5]
- We expend more yearly for apprehending and trying those caught, for the machinery of criminal justice, and for the recurring farce of imprisoning on short sentences and discharging those felons to go on with their work of swindling and robbing. [4]
- He caught her wrists with his great hands, big enough for tall Medallion, and held her. [11]
- He grinned with wrath, and caught at a tumbler, as if he would have thrown it or its contents at the speaker. [6]
- One of the wounded, an old soldier with a bandaged arm who was following the cart on foot, caught hold of it with his sound hand and turned to look at Pierre. [2]
- He swayed and would have fallen, but Madelinette caught him, helped him to the sofa, and, forcing him gently down on his side, adjusted a pillow for him, and turned to the wounded man again. [11]
- My cousin, who would fain have hindered her from coming in, held her by the arm; and her efforts to shake off the old lady's grasp were all in vain till she caught sight of Herdegen. [10]
- As Brydon's gang worked, they saw a man out upon a small raft of driftwood, which had been suddenly caught in the drive of logs, and was carried out towards the middle channel. [11]
- On the long wooden platform under the sheds Stephen caught sight of Herr Korner and Herr Hauptmann amid a group of their countrymen. [9]
- You've been a wonder, the way you've caught on and taken things off my shoulders. [9]
- I did not wonder then, but I have since thought it remarkable that the words spoken low by both of them should have been caught up on the banquette and passed into the street. [9]
- I am not without talent for drawing, and even at that time it was an easy matter to reproduce anything which had caught my eye, not only distinctly, but sometimes attractively and with a certain degree of fidelity to nature. [10]
- He started forward without a word, but came back again and caught her hand. [11]
- We caught up with them, the wagoners cracking their whips and swearing at the straining horses. [9]
- The gallery shook with laughter, and honourable members with slips of paper in their hands were made as conspicuous as if they had been caught wearing dunces' caps. [9]
- He also listened with keen attention when the scientists finally discussed in low tones what they had perceived, and caught the words, "White scar on the cornea," "leucoma," and "operation. [10]
- It was rare with him, and he must have caught it from Mr. Lincoln. [9]
- He caught up with her, devoured her with his eyes, and beheld in marriage a delirium. [9]
- Smaller hills covered with forests fell away on all sides and the tops of the trees caught the radiance of the sinking sun. [10]
- Like lightning, and with cold fury in his eyes, Foyle caught the tall cattleman by the forearm, and, with a swift, dexterous twist, had the fellow in his power. [11]
- It was ablaze with candles, and I caught glimpses of fine gentlemen and ladies in the rooms. [9]
- All at once, with a start, she caught Rudyard's arm with a little spasmodic grasp. [11]
- Over the anvil, with a small bar caught in a pair of tongs, hovered Madelinette Lajeunesse, beating, almost tenderly, the red-hot point of the steel. [11]
- I hope you will find something of the Greek rhythm in my versions, and that I have caught a spark of inspiration from the impassioned Lesbian. [6]
- Peter Erwin, of whom we caught a glimpse doing an errand for Uncle Tom in the bank. [9]
- In my opinion, whoever hove those things in here caught a sight of us and took us for ghosts or devils or something. [5]
- Oh, Miss Lucretia, who pride yourself on your plain speaking, that you should be caught quibbling! [9]
- It was Radisson, who had caught Iberville's sword when the abbe diverted it. [11]
- It was Virginia who first caught sight of the new dome of the Capitol through the slanting rain, but she merely pressed her lips together and said nothing. [9]
- His beard was white, his face was friendly, almost benevolent, but his eyes had a light caught from no celestial flame. [11]
- Once in a while we caught sight of a yellow blaze in a tree, made by himself scarce a month gone, when he came southward alone to fetch Polly Ann. [9]
- In his muttering, which was mixed with the curious, stingless profanity of which he was master, I caught the name of Cheyne, and I knew that he was facing the crisis of a fortnightly theme. [9]
- The bear, from which they fled, had been caught by a brewer's apprentice and taken back to its owner long before. [10]
- The electric car which he caught seemed to lag, the stops were interminable. [9]
- But the qualities which alienated an expert here and there caught the imagination of the pioneer spirits of Lebanon. [11]
- The only point where the mind and meaning of the man worked according to the law of his life was at the eye, where the monocle was caught now as in a vise. [11]
- At the moment when Virginie turned away with the handsome dish from M. Manotel, and the crowd cheered her gaily, she caught Jean-Jacques' eye, and she came straight towards him. [11]
- But he stopped when he caught sight of the open trap and of the mattress beneath it. [9]
- One of the wheels caught her dress and dragged her down. [10]
- Once, as I wheeled, I caught the eyes of Jamond watching me closely. [11]
- His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer: "Send the whole thing--all the details--twelve hundred words. [5]
- Slipped on the wet grass, and Chartersea had him pinned before he caught his guard. [9]
- But the Dutchmen were too shrewd to be caught, and Powhatan sent a conciliatory message that he did not detain the Dutchmen, nor hinder the slaying of them. [4]
- If you yourself were such a son, and your ear had not perfectly caught the parting counsels of the dying-how many talents of silver would you not pay to be able to supply the missing words? [10]
- Weathered grey cottages were scattered over the landscape, and dark copses of cedars, while oceanward the eye was caught by the gleam of a lighthouse or a lonely sail. [9]
- Two of them were hanged last week; the other, caught but a few days since, is to hang within three days. [11]
- Several of them were caught and confined in the fort, and, guarded, were conducted to the morning and evening prayers. [4]
- But, as Dolores went, he again caught the eyes of the young widow. [11]
- Then, as I went to pledge him, I, too, was caught for his name. [9]
- Mrs. Falchion's arms went out suddenly, and she caught the wrist that held the dagger. [11]
- He caught at Wendling's shoulder, but felt him lifted and carried away, while he himself stood still in a screeching wind and heard impalpable water rushing over him. [11]
- Twice in one week did this fever surge up in him, and it caught him in those moments when, exhausted by the struggle of his mind to adapt itself to the new conditions, his senses were delicately susceptible. [11]
- And once, as we drifted into an inlet at sunset, we caught sight of the shaggy head of a bear above the brown water, and leaping down into the cabin I primed the rifle that stood there and shot him. [9]
- Within three minutes we caught sight of the party ahead of us, and stopped to observe them. [5]
- Through mullioned windows we caught glimpses of gardens and geometrical parterres, lakes, fountains, statuary, fantastic topiary and distant stretches of park. [9]
- To him she was the one being in the world worth struggling for; the bird to be caught on the wing, or coaxed into the nest, or snared into the net; and two of the three things he had tried without avail. [11]
- And my breath was quite taken away when I first caught sight of it on the high table-land. [9]
- I knew I was pale as death, for as I turned to leave the room I caught sight of my face in a little mirror tacked on the door, and I hardly recognised myself. [11]
- One of these was open now--both had been closed that other evening against the storm of sleet--and she caught a glimpse of him standing on the floor of chips and bark--tan-bark no more. [9]
- Angelo accepted, and was expecting Luigi to decline, but he did not, because he knew that the Bible class and the Freethinkers met in the same room, and he wanted to treat his brother to the embarrassment of being caught in free-thinking company. [5]
- When a farmer was caught in the last agonies of thirst they took advantage of him and sweated him for a drink. [5]
- Then his eye was caught by my finery. [9]
- Next my eye was caught by a little run fringed with bushes that curved around the cane near the bend. [9]
- At first I was angry, and said I should like to have caught the urchin in the act; but, on second thought, I was glad I did not. [4]
- He could not wait till the door was opened again, for he must carry out her commission quite early in the morning, and if he were caught and locked up for only half the day the Nabathaean would take some other engagement. [10]
- I heard a voice shouting far down the street, and soon it came nearer, and I caught the words: "Joan of Arc has relapsed! [5]
- However, on the very day of the ball, Anne chanced to be in town again, and caught sight of Stephen pushing his way among the people on Fourth Street. [9]
- And through the varying waste of elements There passed a sail, which caught the opposing wind, Triumphant, as an army in its tents Beholds the foe it, conquering, left behind. [11]
- When the blue vapor stole through the cypress swamp, my trained ear caught the faintest of warning sounds. [9]
- He told Mr. Vane he could lick him if he caught him drunk again, and Mr. Vane said he would. [9]
- He had not uttered one warm or human word concerning Claridge Pasha, and it was felt and said, that no pledge had been given to insure the relief of the man who had caught the imagination of England. [11]
- And while the usher vanished from the room, one of the warriors turned his head to look about him, and directly he caught sight of Melissa he gave his comrade a push, and said to him, loud enough for Melissa to hear: "A wonder! [10]
- The codling told us that a Rebel spy had been caught trying its fords a little while ago, and was now at Camp Curtin with a heavy ball chained to his leg,--a popular story, but a lie, Dr. Wilson said. [6]
- He slipped it upon the string, and was about to haul it up, when the drunken orator on the platform caught him by the arm with fiery courage. [11]
- She was enthroned upon a heap of drift-wood, and when I caught sight of her face I forgot the very existence of the police captain. [9]
- These caught it up, singing it as they marched on. [11]
- She followed him up, caught him by the girdle, and in a hoarse voice repeated her question. [10]
- When Stephen caught up with him in the little country street, he was talking earnestly to Mr. Hill, the young reporter of the Press and Tribune. [9]
- She caught it up with an exclamation. [11]
- She caught herself up with a start after one of these silences to realize that Mr. Grainger was making unwonted and indeed pathetic exertions to entertain her, and it needed no feminine eye to perceive that he was thoroughly uncomfortable. [9]
- The spray feathered up to her sails, the sun caught her on deck and beam; she was running dead for the needle of rock. [11]
- He caught her up in his arms, bore her to the house, laid her on a sofa, and, having spent his strength in this last effort, reeled and fell, and lay as one over whom have just been whispered the words, "He is gone. [6]
- He could look up at the gallery without turning his head, and sometimes he caught her momentary glance, and again, with her chin in her hand, she was watching Mr. Crewe with a little smile creasing the corners of her eyes. [9]
- Then she caught up an apple from the dish she had brought in, and tossed it to him. [11]
- The paroxysm increased until he strained and caught at his breast with his hand. [11]
- As is not unfrequent with versatile and inflammable people, he caught fire at the first spark of a new medical discovery, and no sooner got home to England than he began to spread the conflagration. [6]
- She caught the unfinished word in its flight and took it straight into her open heart, divining the secret meaning of all Pierre's mental travail. [2]
- Crozier caught the undertone of suggestion. [11]
- There was an undertone of reflection in the voice which did not escape Mrs. Crozier's senses, and it also caught the ear of the Young Doctor, to whom there came a sudden revelation of the reason why Burlingame had left Mrs. Tynan's house. [11]
- A blade gleamed under the sickly light of the fish-oil lamp overhead, but a man crashed through from behind and caught the ruffian's sword-arm and flung him back in the kennel. [9]
- The triumphal arch under her, and the garlands which decorated the wooden structure, had caught her before she touched the pavement. [10]
- Parpon went up two steps of the chancel quietly and caught the arm of the Cure, drawing him down to whisper in his ear. [11]
- Jack was caught two or three times, and Dan and Moult as often. [5]
- She had lived twenty-five years at Geneva, where people, years ago, coming over the dusty and hot roads of France, used to faint away when they first caught sight of the Alps. [4]
- At last he turned, and, seeing me intent, stooped, caught me by the arms, and lifted me upon the wall. [11]
- He did not turn, but a heavy stone caught him high in the shoulders, and he fell on his face and lay clutching the epaulettes in his outstretched hands. [11]
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