Caught

Examples

• Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The swinging caught his attention, and he watched it with more and more interest. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I should have walked on to the church if the conversation of two men and a woman on the outskirts of the crowd had not caught my ear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Yes--I caught sight of you on the way back, at the station. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The poor relations caught the people who they thought would like it, and, when the game flagged, got caught themselves. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Receiving this reply, Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite did, what all animals (human and otherwise) do, when they find themselves caught in a trap. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Miss Feeley must have left it on the bed, and it got caught in the clothes, and so got in my sleeve. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My eye had been caught by a gun with a brass-bound stock over the chimney-piece, and his eye had followed mine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• At the end of that time the sound of a carriage caught my ear, and I was met, as I advanced towards the second turning, by a fly from the railway. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Now, having caught these words, and hearing him advance, Caroline, if there was a door within the dining-room, would glide through it and disappear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Moore was almost caught. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Joe caught up his hat again, and ran with them to the Jolly Bargemen to restore them to their owner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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