How To Use Caught up In A Sentence

Of course there's nothing wrong with necking a few beers and getting caught up in the buzz of the World Cup.
This was the theory of alienation whereby the audience, already familiar with the story line, does not get caught up with the narrative.
Football has been rocked by allegations that up to eight top bosses have been caught up in a bung scandal. The Sun
It's very easy to get caught up in the rat race.
Teri Hatcher has reportedly been caught up in a terrifying elephant stampede.

The duke and duchess were caught up in a minor earthquake in Assam last night. Times, Sunday Times
he was caught up in a whirl of work
I finally caught up with him inside a store in one of the shopping plazas.
Why would someone who is caught up in prestige want to work at a University where connections count for more than accomplishment or ability?
The second item of news is that Europe has caught up considerably with the United States.
Woe slipped into the wheel; the merchant caught up the oaken wedge, and drove it into the axle-box from the other side. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
Dan called me a'terrible skiver ' when I caught up with him and it's true - I do skive off all the time. POPCO
It is beyond any understanding how he could have been caught up in all of this.
The tall teenager gave my hair a shake and caught up with Danny quickly.
This makes it possible to constantly move towards our goals and not get caught up in fruitless opportunity chasing. Weather Any Storm with a Flexible Blogging Plan | Write to Done
International Business Machines Corp. is one company that raised concerns about how it would be affected by the Dodd-Frank Act. It is among several large corporations that believe, without further clarification in rulemaking, they may be unintentionally caught up in the definition of a "major swaps participant" — essentially a non-dealer that regularly engages in swaps — despite their swaps being legitimate. Minimum Thresholds for Swaps Urged
Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.
Christopher was on his way home from school when he was caught up in the start of the 1976 anti-apartheid uprising in Cape Town.
I refer to the far greater and more sweeping drama in which we are all caught up and which will profoundly affect our world view in the years ahead.
New Zealand's prime minister has denied that a group of Israelis caught up in the devastating Christchurch earthquake in February had links to the Israeli secret service Mossad.
At all events he recognizes the possibility of conscious receptivity in disembodied spirits. caught up -- (Ac 8: 39). to the third heaven -- even to, &c. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
You know 1/6 of his writingsNewton wrote a tremendous amountwas caught up in alchemical knowledge in one way or the other and he believed that there were secrets to be uncovered, that the ancients had this great knowledge. A Conversation with Rebecca Stott about The Coral Thief
Dan, one of my advisees, caught up with me as I was going to my office in the University Education Center.
As a young prince of the Renaissance, François became caught up in the struggle between the Habsburg and Valois dynasties of Europe.
They were caught up with their own private demons - which it seemed I was responsible for unleashing.
The law caught up with him yesterday.
Miriam caught up with me then, her hand grasping mine, her fingers fastening tight as she held me back. HIGH STAND
Police radioed officers in the area and caught up with the trio.
They can't afford to get caught up in a ferocious, physical battle. Times, Sunday Times
Do you ever feel caught up in emotions and find yourself making a bad decision?
I can get as caught up as anyone in this country 's failings and all the little injustices that blight our lives. The Sun
It was four blocks before he caught up with her, and he saw with numb amazement that she was running at nearly forty miles an hour.
SCHULTZ: Well, don't get caught up on word smithing by the conservatives, Anderson. CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008
Snooping women got caught up, she writes, in ‘the seamy obverse of elite inquiry.’
You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
And as he looked at the unpractised mouth and lips, he thought that such a daughter of the soil could only have caught up the sentiment by rote.
As expected, excessive drinking caught up with him.
So not just journalists are being targeted and caught up — also caught up in sweeps, just citizens out in the streets are getting swept up. It’s that ‘land of the free’ again
Economists said the increase was higher than had been expected and presented a danger that the economy would become caught up in a spiral of higher wage demands and higher prices.
The black slaves freed by the Civil War soon found themselves caught up in an extensive pattern of legally enforced racial discrimination in the South known as Jim Crow.
The counsel therefore by President Mwanawasa on the need for envoys to be above board and avoid being caught up in a web of scandals is valid and should be paid heed to.
But – as Erin pointed out in another comment – we also get caught up in other things. “Who, If I Cried Out, Would Hear Me?” On Twitter, Tales And Tragedy | Her Bad Mother
The supermarket group found itself caught up in the battle, because customers kept complaining to checkout staff about the charges.
The buzzard, soaring at a great height, suddenly finds itself caught up in a current of air against which it is impossible to battle.
They spent the rest of the day in idle talk and dozing off when their exhaustion caught up to them.
It's very easy to get caught up in the rat race.
If only we hadn’t let our impressionable kids hear the word achoo at such a tender age, they never would have gotten caught up with that fast crowd! Why is Pharrell's sneeze getting bleeped? | EW.com
Eventually, the papers would get caught up by the wind and carried east, away from us.
The charity provides aid for tens of thousands of people caught up in the civil war. Times, Sunday Times
When I caught up with Bryan, he was gingerly backstepping along a knife-edge arête.
I have also, since her departure, caught up on the job applications correspondence, which in itself takes time.
Caught up in the enthusiasm, we all chorused a hearty ‘Hallelujah!’
I dashed after her and caught up with her outside where she stood unabashed and unembarrassed staring around her.
In the first six verses Paul recalls the transcendent experience he had when he was ‘caught up’ to the third heaven.
He's very introspective and reflective, and he's caught up in the problems of existence in a non-religious world.
He became caught up in a seething mass of arms and legs.
They were both caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
Mr. Kan had promised to root out "money politics" after a veteran power broker in his party was caught up in a scandal.
The wolves gather again the following day, a few suspecting the hero is purblind to all but his own ambitions, caught up as he is in the hysteria of his last days.
The problem is that how we advertise jobs hasn't caught up. The Sun
The buzzard, soaring at a great height, suddenly finds itself caught up in a current of air against which it is impossible to battle.
Anybody with dependants should consider how they would cope if a family member were caught up in a disaster such as the Asian tsunami.
Kate Jackson was a single mother who got caught up in capers with Bruce Boxleitner as the spy code-named Scarecrow. DVD Deals and an Upcoming Favorite » DVDs Worth Watching
We are so caught up in disliking the American culture generated by the media, yet at the same time we are allowing their culture to become ours.
But after I got caught up in things at graduate school, that just never happened.
It is impossible not to feel sympathy for those caught up in this mess - few of whom can be blamed for their predicament.
I chased after him and caught up with him looking in a shop window.
An ethnically Jewish version of the fool, the schlemiel is caught up in situations that reflect the historical problems of the Jewish people.
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Paul got caught up in the rat race and was never at home.
My clever wee dog was for dashing off, the same as when he's smelt a rabbit, so we caught up our plaids and came away after him, only stopping to snatch a brand from the hearth and smoor the fire. Drums of Autumn
When I caught up to her I touched her arm and could feel the gooseflesh as she shook me loose.
But this probably has much more to do with the audience getting caught up in the explosive energy and physicality of his performance. Times, Sunday Times
But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery.
Others claimed they had been accidentally caught up in the riots while running errands or had been trying to rescue people from the burning embassy. Times, Sunday Times
He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation.
Many of the people in the article were just caught up in the system, like the teen age girl and do not deserve the labels her brainless reactionary legal system have put on her. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Guy flipped on the power switch and caught up, pacing the other rider for several miles.
And he was caught up in a bar brawl last year while on a US hunting trip. The Sun
Sword hilts jutted at every hip and easing past without getting caught up or bruised was impossible. The Falcons of Montabard
Called upon to evict the residents of a hotel on the grounds it is a fire hazard, Fry gets caught up in a massive police operation to close down an internet porn ring.
Even non-drinking Jamie got caught up in the fun - sucking down a prune smoothie in one slippery shot.
The airline was also trying to match up thousands of pieces of lost luggage with passengers caught up in the disruption. Times, Sunday Times
He caught up to me ten minutes later, slowing the enormous car to a quiet purr and rolling the automatic window down.
The vehicle sped off in pursuit of the prisoner and quickly caught up with him.
Ten days later, Sam Houston's army caught up with Santa Anna and whomped him at the Battle of San Jacinto.
We're on a guided tour in Greece [led by Nia Vardalos]," Dratch said when we caught up with her at the premiere of "Synecdoche," "which meant we got to be in Spain and Greece," at such monumental locations as Delphia, Epidaurus, ancient Olympia, and the Acropolis, which the country's archaeological council green-lit for the first time to use on film. ‘SNL’ Star Rachel Dratch Gets Obnoxious In ‘My Life In Ruins’ » MTV Movies Blog
His failure to leave, once those valid identification was give to him, shows that he was the one caught up, in emotionalism. Powell calls Palin a 'fascinating figure'
Extemporaneous comedies were no longer played in the great cities, and Odo listened with surprise to the swift thrust and parry, the inexhaustible flow of jest and repartee, the readiness with which the comedians caught up each other's leads, like dancers whirling without a false step through the mazes of some rapid contradance. The Valley of Decision
Motorists were caught up in long traffic tailbacks after an accident caused chaos on the motorway and led to traffic congestion on main routes through Kendal.
And he was caught up in a bar brawl last year while on a US hunting trip. The Sun
This compelling legal drama welcomes veterans of stage and screen to the guest roster this week, including Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (the Dreamgirls movie, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency) as a lawyer in nemesis Glenn Childs 'office as Alicia gets caught up in a multi-million dollar malicious prosecution case. Matt's Picks: October 11-14
As the classical Greek tragedy bible dictates, the spurned queen is duty-bound to seek vengeance, and both innocent and guilty are indiscriminately caught up in the inevitable bloodbath and terrifying climax.
They all seemed to be far more caught up in this daft carnival idea, and more recently, all agog at Flynn Malone's steam-driven inheritance. TICKLED PINK
The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats. GreenCine Daily
Rather than just evolving in a gradual, uniform manner, the earth may actually be caught up in a repeating cycle.
Ken Loach's tale of two Irish brothers caught up in the IRA during the 1920s is hectoringly anti-English, but a powerful, poignant film none the less. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
State lawmakers' enthusiasm for cutting progressive taxes caught up with them in 2002.
He successfully dodged Earthlink's process servers for several months until they caught up with him in February 2003.
The chance of being caught up in something like this is remote. The Sun
Too often we are caught up in the latest high-capacity firearm that is chock-full of the newest gizmos and widgets.
Auguste found himself caught up in the general excitement and cursed his heavy waterlogged costume.
Some horses develop stringhalt after an injury such as having a leg caught up in a fence while others have no known initiating cause.
But he got caught up in some shady real estate deals involving car lots.
Nowadays most of us whisper the term crazy, realizing that we ourselves are liable to be caught up and incarcerated under that head. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives
In this, Ken played a drama instructor caught up in the then current controversy over corporal punishment.
Of course Laura Johnson, from a £1m house in Orpington, or Alexis Bailey, a classroom assistant in a primary school, were apparently caught up with the disadvantaged looters. UK riots: Our wounded nation will not be healed by vengeful gestures | Will Hutton and Henry Porter
Rumour is that in his headlong hurry, when mounting behind his yoked horses to begin the battle, he left his father's sword behind and caught up his charioteer Metiscus 'weapon; and that served him long, while Teucrian stragglers turned their backs; when it met the divine Vulcanian armour, the mortal blade like brittle ice snapped in the stroke; the shards lie glittering upon the yellow sand. The Aeneid of Virgil
I caught up with Jase an hour later in the executive lunchroom, where he sat at a small table pretending to read an offprint from Astrophysics Review. Spin
But it was more than worth it when we caught up with a blue whale mum and youngster. The Sun
One could go on, but the important lesson to remember for would-be reformers is that in their zeal to cull waste and limit the scope of the federal government, they don't get caught up being "penny-wise, pound-foolish. Edward Flattau: Frivolous Pork
Teenagers caught up in the turmoil of their parents' messy divorce are being offered a sympathetic ear by a new service in Winchester.
I can get as caught up as anyone in this country 's failings and all the little injustices that blight our lives. The Sun
This will work in some customers' favours but others will need to be additionally vigilant to ensure they do not get caught up by higher fees which push them deep into debt.
Where the lime has been caught up by the scoriaceous fragments of the lower surface of the stream, it is converted into groups of beautifully radiated fibres resembling arragonite. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
As they turned into a side street studded with small hotels I caught up with them and gave a shout. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
They all get caught up in the side-splitting antics which follow the mysterious death of the house owner.
It's a dark, brooding look at a dysfunctional modern family caught up in the traditions of contemporary life.
It was believed that those who were so caught up with their religious views that they 'enthused' about them were dangerous fanatics, who had to be opposed. Wittgenstein and the philosophy of love
We caught up with them to find out more about the forthcoming show and why London has such a far-reaching influence in electronic music. The Sun
A brutal government crackdown has been taking place there, with civilians caught up in the violence. Times, Sunday Times
In fairness, I was caught up in this book and wanted to devour it as if I hadn't had anything to read but comic books for a year.
At about 16 miles I caught up with Hamish from Forfar and we ran together from there to the end, setting the world to rights and casting judgement on anything and everything. Lochaber Marathon
We've been combin" the town for ye, Uncle Jamie, and Fergus sure ye'd been caught up in the collieshangie yonder and maimed or killed. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
People who rely on harsh laxatives may find that they too get caught up in a vicious cycle.
You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
We learn yoga and meditation but the practice slips away when you are caught up with work.
But, they got too caught up in the dotcom hype, and when the bubble burst they refused to admit that things had changed.
Last year he became caught up in fighting in the Congo but escaped unhurt. Times, Sunday Times
My first encounter with what I would eventually learn to call social engineering came about during my high school years, when I met another student who was caught up in a hobby called phone phreaking.
Too many web developers get caught up with either designing for the sake of designing, or solving problems unbeautifully.
Piano rolls are of course much too bulky and not terribly sturdy for use in a combat situation, so Hedy's invention, which she had patented in 1942 for use in WWII, was not implemented until 1962 in the Cuban Missile Crisis, once solid-state technology had finally caught up with the amazingly innovative Hedy Lamarr. Hedwig Kiesler is a Stone-Cold BADASS
Caught up, willy-nilly, in lawlessness of a sort were also numberless worthy members of the public, who faced a stupefying barrage of emergency laws passed on sumptuary, economic and security grounds.
Mark and John had just sat down with the beers when Chick and Brian caught up.
She got caught up in the excitement and drama of the auction.
She is seen as a tough questioner unlikely to be caught up in trivialities. Archive 2008-10-01
So I take it that is not a major concern of yours, that U.S. troops might be caught up in a civil war.
Somewhere along the way, it gets so caught up with picturising the story, that the story itself falls by the wayside.
They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police caught up with them.
Like many archaeological tales it is caught up with contemporary intellectual and political controversies. BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans
They can't afford to get caught up in a ferocious, physical battle. Times, Sunday Times
And it is in this arena that the ‘earthliness’ of the Church often gets caught up with its divine aspect - where the rubber hits the road, so to speak.
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Most of us have been too caught up in the everyday minutiae to be bothered.
Mamet effortlessly packs his story with one-liners, irony and sharp satire as he warmly ribs his own industry and the people that become caught up in it.
Caught up in a dark world of betrayal and deceit, theirs is not a conventional love story. The Sun
You know, technology caught up with precisely what was wrong with the way that I used food.
But her brain soon caught up with her feelings, and she rounded on him, intense anger now clouding her face.
Innocent victims caught up in the riots spoke last night of their terror as a mob rampaged along the streets they call home.
You watch the emotional drama taking place inside and outside without getting caught up in it.
Clay said it ... my gillies would get caught up in this thing. Useful? You Bet Your R.A.S.S.
The hard-drinking, hell-raising, skirt-chasing Hollywood heartthrob first came to the island in 1942 after the yacht he was sailing was caught up in a storm. In search of Errol Flynn's Jamaica
Work on the subject since 1980 has shown that he was essentially right, and, on this point at aleast, myology has now caught up to where Steno was at age 29 in 1669. Archive 2005-08-01
And the sight never failed to fill you with excitement that soon you would be caught up by the city's noise, energy, brashness, ebullience, smartness and wit.
Caught up in a frenzy of 17th-century persecution, the elderly woman was thrown in the city's tollbooth and tortured before being executed.
Met audiences too became quite vocal last year expressing their displeasures with certain liberties in the productions, but I am hoping that Gelb's tutorial in the more contemporary ways opera can reach out will have caught up with them by now. Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Singing in the Streets
The charity provides aid for tens of thousands of people caught up in the civil war. Times, Sunday Times
It is high time that our cultural assumptions caught up with that reality.
How clever of the teacher, she thought, to get us so caught up in manipulating our legs into that position so that we were quiet for her for a little while.
They got caught up in a street brawl.
This was the day when it all caught up on me and I needed to rest up a little.
The area they moved to was rough, and Troy was soon caught up in a bad crowd.
Caught up in the city's semi-frenetic nightlife, he's soon spending his days feeding a drug habit that's all but destroyed his career.
Laplace, the astronomer , was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy - eight.
But that selling also caught up with long-dated maturities yesterday, which underperformed their short-dated peers. Times, Sunday Times
But last summer he was caught up in a betting controversy after it emerged he put wagers on football matches. The Sun
Her grandchildren were a credit to her -- both of them caught up in the fascinating world of maps. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
even with his head start she caught up with him
When we bought it, it accidentally got caught up in the net with the 3 bloodfins, and the seller didn't want to take it out and try to catch them again.
This morning, I found myself caught up in a brief discussion about some of the latest events on the - ahem - popular music scene.
You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
In this, Ken played a drama instructor caught up in the then current controversy over corporal punishment.
We caught up with him and first asked him about the standout moments from his recent globetrotting. The Sun
Or get caught up in a TV show (I have a friend who works from home a lot and keeps the TV on for background noise ... dunno how he manages TBH). fuzzycuffs ericslaw Use Boundaries To Stay Sane Working From Home | Lifehacker Australia
When several Israeli journalists caught up with a group of paratroopers and infantry on their way to the front, they were shocked by the intensity of the emotions.
He was later caught up in the pitch invasion as he was carried by celebrating fans.
Susan is on the phone to Libby and cooking tea, and is so caught up in this that she forgets to notice a bottle of cooking oil being tipped onto the lit gas burner.
Try to identify tasks or chores that you get caught up in but you don't really want or need to do. The Sun
When I caught up, the pair of them were wrestling on the ground for what looked like, believe it or not, a cookie.
What was so tragic was to know that, through no fault of their own, they are caught up in the awful atrocities being carried out in their homeland.
He sat and pulled on his boots and got the airtank and slung it across his shoulder and caught up the cattlegun where it swung from the rubber airhose and walked out and down to the room. No Country For Old Men
He caught up with me later in the afternoon and pressed a blank tape into my hand and bashfully asked if I could make him a copy of it.
I am delighted that they will hear the shocking news - and this will be the first time they hear it, if they have not caught up with the news already - that another levy is coming their way.
You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
Whether he, too, was tired of the tedium of fights and arguments between the two of them, or whether his guilt had simply caught up with him, he was trying to end things on good terms.
We caught up with the young Brit to find out how one becomes a demigod.
No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions.
Some depictions of heaven are strongly theocentric, portraying the blessed as caught up in an endless rapture of adoration; others are sociable and anthropocentric.
It is about time my colleagues and comrades in the media caught up.
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Suddenly, the player who represents the hard inner core with which England have bludgeoned their way into world rugby's top three, has found himself caught up in a series of less appealing matters.
Caught up in his subject and unable to stop himself, he read us more excerpts from the book.
He's getting caught up in his own controversy, situating himself in an ethical quagmire he might not be able to escape from.
As expected, excessive drinking caught up with him.
Thus Dreyfuss gave us his character, an ordinary man caught up in wheels of justice spinning out of control, a simple, understated dignity.
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She stars as a compulsive liar who innocently gets caught up in an industrial espionage plot at her new job.
My two besties, who are both in different continents, and are usually very busy - too busy to catch up/reply emails/spam FBs - suddenly had a lot of time on their hands recently and we've caught up quite a bit over the past few weeks.
We got caught up in the political crisis that has followed Brexit. Times, Sunday Times
Agents say that even poorly tended fixer-uppers in these neighborhoods are getting caught up in bidding wars.

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