CAUGHT in a Sentence

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For CAUGHT, below is one of 330 sentences:
She lingered a moment, caught in the same strong current; then she slipped from him and drew back a step or two, pale and troubled.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAUGHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
caught
 v.  (past tense) be in time for; trap after chasing or hunting
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The leader of the reel, who looked as if he had Irish blood in his veins, danced well, and his partner caught his fire.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The face she lifted to her dancers was the same which, when she saw him, always looked like a window that has caught the sunset.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
3  He was still kneeling when his eyes, on a level with the lower panel of the door, caught a faint ray beneath it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  Silence answered; but in a minute or two he caught a sound on the stairs and saw a line of light about the door-frame, as he had seen it the night before.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  She lingered a moment, caught in the same strong current; then she slipped from him and drew back a step or two, pale and troubled.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  Slowly the rim of the rainy vapours caught fire and burnt away, and a pure moon swung into the blue.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  Ethan's long strides grew more rapid with the accelerated beat of his thoughts, and as he reached the foot of School House Hill he caught sight of Hale's sleigh in the distance.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
9  Here the snow was so pure that the tiny tracks of wood-animals had left on it intricate lace-like patterns, and the bluish cones caught in its surface stood out like ornaments of bronze.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  Then he caught Mattie's hand and drew her after him toward the sled.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  Gerald looked crestfallen and embarrassed, as always when caught in a kind deed, and Scarlett laughed outright at his transparency.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  I only want-- She caught herself but not in time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  "Hum--hurrump," said Gerald, clearing his throat in embarrassment at being caught openly in an act of kindness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  Scarlett scowled, started to speak sharply and then caught herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
16  The ball bounced off the wall and he caught it.
17  He caught the ball with great dexterity.
18  He caught up the ball as it rolled along and threw it back.
19  Stephen leapt up and caught the ball in one hand.
20  A whole regiment of the enemy troop got caught in our ambush was eliminated completely.
21  Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him.
22  The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.
23  The police kept after the criminal until they finally caught him.
24  The criminals were caught on a security video.
25  Campaign leaders were caught flat-footed when the opinion polls suddenly started to swing the other way.
26  When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside.
27  The policeman brought in two boys whom he had caught stealing.
28  The curtains billowed madly as the wind caught them.
29  Old birds are not caught with new nets.
30  Sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.