How To Use Catching In A Sentence

Nancy and Andy bring in Stevie for an emergency pediatrician visit on "Weeds" (Showtime at 10), only to turn on the television in the waiting room and learn that the feds are a little too close to catching their family. TV highlights: Monday, Oct.18, 2010
His rapid rise through the ranks after an eye-catching performance in the April trials was a rare highlight in a troubled season.
Tonight is blissfully planless, and will likely feature sorting through stories with Adam and catching up on the TiVo stuff. Odin's Day
He said:'This team really prides itself on its fielding and catching. The Sun
An eye-catching floral tribute to England rugby star Jonny Wilkinson helped Doncaster to shine in this year's Yorkshire in Bloom competition.

Of course, she stepped on it, it made the dreaded 'crinkly' noise and she jerked-- her head catching in the loop of the bag. Poursuivre - French Word-A-Day
Teams often protect the yellow jersey like a queen bee, but he briefly dropped back on his own for a seat adjustment from a Saxo Bank mechanic before catching up. Cavendish ices Tour de France stage victory; Cancellara leads
The subtle colour palette is another layer in the creation of a calm and relaxing area for catching up with work or with after party guests. The Hill House
The costumes had an eye-catching vibrancy and textural richness.
Can you imagine what would happen if they put as much effort into catching burglars? The Sun
Also, I know you disdain catfish, but there's certainly a subset of guys who are hard-core and pretty cultish about catching monster blues and flatheads. Which Fishing Cult is the Most Insane?
Most of these good-looking, solid and sculptural vanity units are not cheap, although the high street and mail-order catalogues are catching up with the trend.
My own mother said romantically that I was to expect you to feel like "catching a butterfly in my hand."
Our second annual spring trip to the Upper Catch and Release Area of the Miller's River, my father caught this nice brown trout, and caught flak from the elitists because he was using the fly rod with a spinning reel and rooster tail and catching fish, while the elitist fly fishers were getting skunked all morning. Field & Stream
Catching her breath and the bag, she placed her coffee on the table, and untucked her feet.
Catching colds is unfortunately an occupational hazard in this profession.
You're right," Noah said, catching hold of a rope ladder to keep from being thrown off his feet. EVERVILLE
I loved the endless hours I spent splashing in streams, eating blackberries off the bush, catching trout, walking the woods, sunning on rocks, listening to banjos and dulcimers.
Two researchers specializing in the psychology of health say they've found a more productive way to wean sun worshipers from catching some rays.
I was happily floating around to different groups all night, talking, chit-chatting, catching up with some old faces and taking silly pictures.
Their garden includes an impressive display of petunias, orange marigolds and lilies, and hundreds of eye-catching colours are on display.
Back then, the atlatl was the American Indian hunter's main means of catching prey. Undefined
Baroness Thatcher survived by taking 20-minute catnaps - a 'zizz', she called it - in the day and catching up on sleep at weekends at Chequers. Home | Mail Online
I moved over and peered out of one, catching a glimpse of backyard through screens rusted into the old wooden frames.
I love catching a glimpse of the unexpected flower growing through cracks in a sidewalk, or the furry and feathered critters dodging us humans in their quest for food and shelter.
I carried her with me and placed her on the ladder and she scrambled up, her little, ragged dress catching momentarily on the nails of the rafters.
The pricier end of the scent spectrum is also catching on. Times, Sunday Times
Dace claimed it was in the hope of catching sight of his brother --- a charge Mikel vehemently denied. TREASON KEEP
I remember catching a ballan wrasse and, on unhooking it, being surprised to find thick white teeth of the sort you might expect to see in a human mouth.
Catching brown trout among seaweed is a strange experience for someone used to freshwater fishing on the mainland.
Sets were well constructed and particularly effective were the scenes depicting the beanstalk growing - UV light and the shimmering silver of the sky at night, catching and reflecting the light around the hall.
(Other well-known amari, although less throat-catching than Fernet, include Ramazzotti, Averna, and Campari.) The Bitter Beginning
Another mode of making a springe, which is a capital plan for catching almost any bird, whether it be a percher or a runner, is this: Procure an elastic wand (hazel or osier makes the best) of about 3 ft. 6 in. long, to the top of which tie a piece of twisted horsehair about 3 in. in length; to the free end attach a little piece of wood of 2 in. in length, by the middle, cutting one end to an obtuse point, flattened on the top and underneath. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
In the case of the perch, the anglers argued that catching a fish was a human prerogative. Times, Sunday Times
For the landowners, an eye-catching stadium would offer an attractive catalyst for the wider development of the area.
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The designs are unlike traditional Indian art forms and are eye-catching, bold and dramatic.
Catching her wrist, Holman smacked her face viciously, sending her to her knees, but still holding on to her.
Throwing and catching the disc will test speed, agility and stamina and a game of piggy in the middle adds a competitive element. Times, Sunday Times
The occasional muffled whistle indicated that the train was catching up with me.
The purpose of the statute was to lessen the risk of cattle catching a contagious disease while in transit.
Will the prosecution remain as toothless as it used to be at the times of Tatarchev, who kept talking of catching all bandits in a sack, but in reality none ever reached prison?
She came home demanding to know why we hadn't got an inch closer to catching this madman. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
This interviewee himself took pleasure in regrowth forest and spent much of his recreational time fishing, catching marron (a freshwater crustacean, Cherax cainii) and bush walking.
Unless you have the dubious pleasure of living right next door to an airport one of the biggest downsides of going on holiday is catching a flight at an ungodly hour of the day.
The purpose of the statute was to lessen the risk of cattle catching a contagious disease while in transit.
(That's a good, catching phrase, "hebdomadary," though it's hard to say. The Wrecker
Four youngsters will be helping to clean up the town with their eye-catching anti-litter posters.
This front-runner is one of the best two-mile chasers around and will take some catching. The Sun
His own dexterity in catching the phrase plumb in the middle gave him a thrill of excitement. The Years
Not for him the eye-catching drama of a dreadful miss and mistimed tackle to be redeemed by brilliance. Times, Sunday Times
His season on the pitch has not been too eye-catching but his selfless act in donating the receipts of his testimonial game to children's charities is one of the greatest things a Premiership footballer had done this season.
Due to its cliffs and ruggedness, it is very hard for visitors to climb Sanqing Mountain on foot, but the most eye-catching scenery only can be appreciated from on top of the mountain.
The cocktails were served over ice in eye catching full-color shakers at restaurants, bars, poolsides and room service, and they were offered for sale to guests.
-Katie Cook, summarizing what she learned from a rat-catching expedition. Quotes of the Week: Namby Pamby Klaatu
This opossum, which is black and white, swims in the streams like a muskrat or otter, catching fish and living in burrows which open under water. IV. The Headwaters of the Paraguay
Nowadays, with cats getting fed so well by their owners, they don't bother about catching mice for food, they use them as playthings, along with birds and other harmless creatures.
His mastery was in describing exciting events and in catching the flavor of the moment.
Kim and Coquette spent their days curled around each other in sunny spots like Siamese wreaths, and Mom’s Persian Ming Ming spent hers down at the water hole catching barble—plump catfish that tasted of mud. Rainbow’s End
This year Greg is endeavoring to add to his apiary by catching a wild swarm.
'She'd have been just the thing for me!' cried Lynmere, haughtily rising, and conceitedly parading his fine form up and down the room; his eyes catching it from looking-glass to looking glass, by every possible contrivance; 'just the thing! matched to perfection!' Camilla
The lettering on the poster is very eye - catching.
As we were driving down these terrible, lumpy, unlit streets we were constantly catching whiffs of different smells.
There were no masts or sails for catching wind and the bottoms were completely flat.
I stayed off the glacier, stumbling down the left moraine, often catching myself with my arms just before slamming into glacial erratics.
We had some sensational reef fishing for three days catching heaps of red emperor, coral trout, nannygai, spanish mackerel and heaps more. WN.com - Business News
Mama herself is the perfect hostess, her beaming smile, sparkling eyes and brightly printed dress catching the kids' attention from the start.
They are obsessed with catching the attention of people to think about absurd claims. Times, Sunday Times
What's going on is that Tesco's is pulling further ahead and Sainsbury's is catching up.
That's why the droop and crinkle of middle-age is the source of such gloom, particularly as it has a nasty habit of catching you unawares.
Some leopards specialize in catching birds.
I know catching the bouquet traditionally (and superstitiously) means the bachelorette will be the next to get married … but I wasn’t sure if the same tradition rings true for the dude who gets the garter. Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » There’s Something About Marry
It is true, there were a few scraps of putrid fish in the boat, and Tom had found a fishing-line under the bottom-boards forward, so that, having a line and the wherewithal to bait it, they might possibly succeed in catching a _few_ fish. The Voyage of the Aurora
A shock ran through him like a physical blow, catching him in the stomach and nearly knocking him over.
Even if someone does report hearing gunfire, the chance of identifying the location and catching the perpetrator is remote. Archive 2007-07-01
Can't see the windswept look catching on. The Sun
He tried to think backthe ship, overrun with demons; Isabelle falling and Jace catching her; blood, everywhere underfoot, the demon attacking Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series
She used to go catching butterflies and wading through streams. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe catching a movie will help iron out stress between friends.
The brothers return to Oahu, and Kaulu kills Haumea, a female spirit, at Niuhelewai, by catching her in a net got from Makalii. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
They are obsessed with catching the attention of people to think about absurd claims. Times, Sunday Times
They were catching fewer and fewer fish, and often they were caught in storms at sea.
This year, carve a buttery, cider-glazed version showcased with roasted apples and eye-catching grapes and currants.
Further observation revealed the wasps in other parts of the garden, catching houseflies and carrying them off towards the burrows.
Vehicles merely gain speed near a zebra crossing for the fear of catching a signal and the pedestrians are left dodging speeding vehicles to get to the other end of the road.
The shepherd's crook is not for beating the sheep, but for catching hold of them if they go into danger where the shepherd's arm can't reach them.
The alpine pastures and marshes with an amazing variety of wild flowers were most eye-catching.
It is a very active metal that reacts vigorously with oxygen in the air, catching fire spontaneously.
The elephant-catching tribe, the Singphos, prepare for a catch in Assam, often tracking spoor on a river bank.
Football Hole, just around the corner, is a small sandy bay that's perfect for a picnic while you watch turnstones, oystercatchers and female eider ducks that bring their crèches of ducklings here to learn crab-catching skills.
When I arrived at the Waikare estuary, my whanau were exercising a traditional historical exercise of catching flounder.
I spent the weekend catching up on lost sleep.
Introduced this year as part of their centenary celebrations, it has large eye-catching blooms and is very free flowering. The Sun
He threw the next punch at Joey's gut, catching Joey off guard and landing another punch at Joey's face.
Grouping four or five boxwood in one area and using different sized pots make an eyecatching bright green display to brighten up an otherwise drab spot.
Personally, I get a lot of satisfaction out of making my own floats and catching fish using them.
Whether it was anaphylactic shock from a unique allergy or asphyxiation from catching the peanuts in the throat, this is unknown.
The search for a magic bullet, a single drug to cure an ill often fails, and modern medicine is catching on and using combination therapies in cardiology and oncology. Dr. Richard Palmquist: Veterinarians Team With Mother Nature for Better Results
By the time they have cleared the school examinations, professional entrance tests are upon them, catching them unawares.
Plane with the grain of the wood whenever possible, to avoid catching and lifting chips of wood.
Pulling herself painfully up, she wobbled shakily on the cobbles, catching the icy metal of the lamp-post next to her to steady herself.
I abandoned my horse and saddle at Xochimilco, and, catching an interurban electric car, rode into the capital. The Zapata interview
My experience on a recent trip from south Wales to Southampton must be near the top of its class for underhand police methods of catching errant motorists. Times, Sunday Times
Catching a red fish is rewarded with a discount coupon, which is great sport for the kids.
We'll be catching bonita and dolphin, and spearing porpoises from the bowsprit. Chapter 5
He committed another crime by catching the cab with no intention of paying and another crime by stealing from the fatally injured cabbie.
This is the trout-catchingest hellgrammite pattern I've ever encountered. Trout Fishing MVP's--Nymphs and Wets
Set to music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bach, Fearless Mine features a sextet performing eye-catching, colorful, and kaleidoscopic pointe work. The Francesca Harper Project Premieres New Works «
The local favourite aggravated an injury to his troublesome right arm after catching his hand in a latch while taking a toilet break on the 16th fairway.
It was like old friends catching up, just with a bale of hay and in your underwear. The Sun
This can help symptoms, but patients are at risk from catching pneumonia or developing an air leak where the lung is re-sealed.
Catching a hint of disapproval, the guests decamped to a local hostelry, where so much drink was taken they were ejected.
Other men sport a variety of eye-catching styles, such as the "shag" - picture a puffy mullet. Reader - MassLive.com
He runs the school when he's not catching crims.
Infection; Misfortunes may be catching as well as Sickness; leave me alone to my Sighs and Tears; stay not at all, lest my unweary Tongue pronounce your Ruin; leave me, I say, that I may gently expire without the Agony of seeing you undone. Exilius
‘I'm sorry, I'm sorry,’ he repeated, finally coming to a stop in front of her, catching his breath.
His eye-catching donations show that Mr Gates has a deep interest in development.
The grunion is and was a protected fish, and catching them by hand as they lay their eggs is not only cruel and stupid but also illegal. Full Frontal Nudity
Several factors can derail China from its present track of catching up with the industrial nations.
Its eye-catching chrome grille will look a winner when the car goes on sale at the end of the year. The Sun
He jumped up, just barely catching the baseball thrown by his father.
FL'ORA WATCH Vincent Calabrese's eye-catching ladies 'watch features jumping roses. $6,000; vincent-calabrese. ch. The Good Life: Gift Guide
The male feeds the female while she incubates, catching small mammals and birds and bringing them back to the nest.
She's catching a red-eye flight to Canada where she's making a movie with Alan Alda.
I'm going to the races and would love to wear something eye-catching. Times, Sunday Times
The lake lay still before me, catching the faint, rare sunlight at a strange angle and casting shadow over half of the water, the other half gleaming under the unexpected pleasure of sunrays in November.
‘It's been pretty tough on her as she's had a lot of catching up to do but we're trying to get her on the track as quick as we can,’ he said.
Do you know what the odds are against a house catching fire in the Red Triangle district of Bes Pelargic?
People had no problem catching their quotas and allocations, but the price is down from last year by as much as a dollar per pound.
Suddenly the boat heeled to an angle of 45° under a gust of wind from the port side, catching me unprepared and out of position.
I was happily floating around to different groups all night, talking, chit-chatting, catching up with some old faces and taking silly pictures.
I'm back from my vacation and just spent the last hour or two catching up on a week's worth of Power Line.
Until the bird learns the tricky task of catching its own fish, the adult birds will continue to deliver food to their offspring.
Several groups such as the Rhacophorus gliding frogs, the megophryid litter toads, and various ranid groups stand out for their local evolutionary radiations, conservation concern, and eyecatching appearance. Biological diversity in Indo-Burma
Specifically, if the tip edge is catching, and your ski is tuned flat, it can be that the edge is too sharp up toward the tip, or you don't have enough edge bevel.
This masterclass in facial hair turns a mediocre outfit into something eye-catching. Times, Sunday Times
She ran into the dense wood trying to hide but he was always there, forever catching up to her.
The water swirled around the glass, catching little bubbles of air and refusing to allow them to escape.
This classily produced book, with its eye-catching layout and dramatic cover, is definitely worth a read.
I have the misfortune of catching a number 21 service heading eastwards at least four times a month, at the exact time when all the schools are emptying.
Shouldering that catfish is almost more impressive than catching it in the first place. The Best Reader Photos of July 2009
We walked for hours in the warm sun of the African spring, and in the near distance saw impalas, zebras, a few elephants, wildebeests, and giraffes, as well as the ever-present vervet monkeys catching air between branches.
Catching sight of it, she shrieked and tripped over her own feet trying to get away from it.
The really eye-catching feature is the freezer cabinets displaying a range of fish and meat that somehow avoids sprouting ice crystals. Times, Sunday Times
Here the fish is excellent as at Porto cla Lenha, and we found the people catching it in large spoon-shaped basins: I enquired about the Peixe mulher (woman-fish), the French sirène, which old missioners describe as an African mermaid, not exactly as she appeared to the “lovely lord of Colonsay,” and which Barbot figures with “two strutting breasts.” Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
And no need for you to worry about me catching the dreaded hickey virus. CORMORANT
Her most eye-catching proposals are to install workers' representatives on company boards and introduce annual binding votes on executive pay. Times, Sunday Times
Officers are appealing for help in catching the thief. The Sun
These humorous, eye-catching designs are much less of a woodworking project than they are a painting assignment.
She used to go catching butterflies and wading through streams. Times, Sunday Times
While the nutritional component of eye care is slowly catching on among traditional optometrists and ophthalmologists, other natural treatments have not been as popular.
She was breathless with excitement and it was catching.
Cameras capture the awesome sight of a grizzly bear catching a salmon as the nature series continues. The Sun
And the fine quality silk, catching the moonlight just as Miguelito's sleeve had done ... Shelley pulled herself together.
Who is catching?
All 10 bedrooms feel indulgent: think tactile fabrics and eyecatching art. Times, Sunday Times
I was surprised to read that one of those soft-hearted Cornish fisherman had put a lobster back in the sea after catching it in one of his pots, because he thought it looked tired and deserved a break.
Moles have small, sharp incisors and canine teeth that are used for catching and eating grubs and earthworms.
We have also been catching male crabs a lot earlier than usual. Times, Sunday Times
The fishermen were catching Patagonian toothfish, sold under the name Chilean sea bass, south of New Zealand "and the squid was eating a hooked toothfish when it was hauled from the deep," Anderton said. Archive 2007-02-01
To his horror he saw that the thatch was aflame, the rotten pillars were catching fire one by one, and the rafters were burning like tinder. The Art of the Story-Teller
And we handle alligator, large gators, crocodiles every day, catching them, moving them, doing things with them.
Tight cooperation between the two stations is aimed at catching criminals on the run.
However, if you've ever entertained the idea of catching a steelhead, the time to act is now.
He scrambled up the hill with the vegetation catching and pulling at his clothes.
Anyhow, we ate our curries and noodles and nattered away for a fair few hours, catching up on all the things we've missed.
And, catching a look in Hiram's eyes that seemed to hint at something, he called the showman aside. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
Posing in a variety of eye-catching designer ensembles, the 24-year-old flame-haired Lancashire lass scoffs a bag of chips on the prom, rides a merry-go-round and makes sandcastles on the beach.
Canoes have played a crucial role for the Kamoro to retain their semi-nomadic lifestyle, particularly in collecting sago and catching fish - their two basic staples of their diet.
She adds that the entire area of foodservice, including restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, and health care facilities, are now catching on to the aseptic phenomenon.
Many people from that area also make a living catching crabs, cascadura and conchs, which they sell to market vendors or ply along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway. TrinidadExpress Today's News
The 33-year-old Moore holds the NFL record for receptions in a season, catching 123 passes in 1995 for Detroit.
The club could have a promising left-right catching tandem next season.
Baby slings are catching on in countries more used to pushchairs and prams, but are they safe?
In the distance he could hear a woman's heels catching on the cobbles as she ran to keep an appointment.
I was sick yesterday so spent most of the day catching up with taped TV shows and being generally somnolent.
Catching colds is unfortunately an occupational hazard in this profession.
Everything pointed to the fact that we were going to find catching fish tough - and the weather certainly didn't give us any assistance, with changeable winds all day and mostly an unclouded sky!
An abrasion-resistant toe cap, thin 5.5mm carbon sole, and Agion anti-bacterial insoles, not to mention the blinding, fluorescently radioactive lemon yellow color, make them both functional and eye catching. The Clothesline: Mavic Huez road shoe
The gangs of feral youths that "own" the streets now know that the chances of a policeman catching them in the act of mugging a passerby are almost zero, the chances of any CCTV actually working or producing a decent image or not being used to take photos of cars parked six inches onto a yellow line or one minute into a proscribed period are also nil and even if caught the chances of being charged let alone convicted are somewhat slim and as for having to go to prison for more than six months, the odds are infinitesimal. Archive 2008-01-01
Three non-glamorous examples are spam catching, obscenity blocking, and terrorist interception.
Its eye-catching chrome grille will look a winner when the car goes on sale at the end of the year. The Sun
Bravo-Zulu to our law enforcement officers for catching this magot. Obama says 'justice will be done' in Times Square bombing
The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention.
Using a simple whipstitch, and catching just the centers or the hidden layers of the ribbon, stitch the ribbon flowers over the green leaf trim at the lace upper edge.
I watched the show almost religiously from that moment, catching up on episodes I had never seen before or re-living my childhood, filled with images of sitting in a kotatsu with mikan-oranges in hand in the cold winter months of Japan. Archive 2007-01-01
And Lily spent these minutes catching her final glimpses of the magical land of Delaware—drinking in the strangeness and the antiqueness she had come to love. Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger!
Kunzru seamlessly switches back and forth between two parallel narratives - the first of Carver's radical past, the second of his increasingly desperate attempts to prevent it catching up with him - ratcheting up the tension in taut, hard-edged prose. My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru: Book summary
Eliza spends some time lollygagging around but doesn't seem interested in actually catching a pig.
In fact, the slouchier, more relaxed cuts are clearly catching on.
Then there are the cows - eye-catching herds of multicoloured fibreglass bovines all over town.
No longer need the ailing woman pass through the smiling derisive rows of courtiers, fearing their eyes, dreading the falling of her rose and catching her breath as she dissembled a vivacity that amused the King.
The sight of new molehills here and there reminded me of an old farm worker I knew who was a good hand at catching moles.
I pulled the samples out, plonked them on the table and started talking about them, looking round the room and catching people's eyes as I was talking.
We're weak to publishers' tricks: fancy foil lettering, embossed titles and eye-catching endpapers. Times, Sunday Times
This would seem to be a clever way of catching wrong-doers, exploiting the criminal class's essential dishonesty and grasping nature.
As the heat fades from the Italian summer, now's the ideal time to find out why, by taking advantage of the local airport and catching the funicular railway up to Bergamo's medieval citadel.
They ceased their hullabaloo, and the littler of the two, catching sight of the thing in the shadows, began to shriek. EVERVILLE
So I peeled the orange to pass the time, watched the rinds floating down, catching in wind eddies like petals.
The students can also display eye-catching posters on tips for conserving electricity.

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