The pelican catches its fish by diving from the air, often from distances of forty feet, and catches its fish in a bill an inch and a half in width.
As it throws its head out in diving, it widens the rim of its bill andcatches the prey in its curious pouch.
The luck of the born fisherman is about as conspicuous with the gill-net as with the rod and line, some boats being noted for their great catches the season through.
And how real this idea becomes to the Day Line tourist, with the record of Washington and Hamilton for its opening sentence, as he leaves the Up-Town landing, and catches messages from Fort Washington and Fort Lee.
If a passing sloop or schooner catches it with her centre-board or her anchor, it gives way where two or three shoots meet, and thus the whole net is not torn.
If she chances to jump just at the right moment; if one sailor catches her just right and another catches him just right, she will know by the cheer that arises from hurricane and texas that all is well and she may open her eyes.
In making difficult landings, the male "hauls out" first and catches the young, which the mother tosses to him.
It catches one and all in its glistening, mysterious web.
It feeds largely on carrion, and probably never catches anything larger than a rat.
The observer frequently catchessight of an interesting-looking bird, only to see it disappear among the foliage before he has had time even to identify it.
The first time onecatches sight of this white bird with his satin streamers floating behind him, one wonders whether he is but an object seen in a dream.
Near by one catches sight of the green of the leaves and stems between, like the mottled plumage of some canaries, while the mass of chrome-yellow atop is picked off with maroon dots of seed-centers.
Skulls breaks up easy; you just catches them a snope with yer spade, and they splits up down the joinin'.
If the police catches you, it'll be through no tellin' o' mine.
The minute I struck the match he jumps out o' bed like a madman, catches hold of the bedpost, and begins pullin' the bed across the room.
Hals catches it for not washing his hands, for not brushing his hair, for not putting on his coat, for losing his blotting-paper, for dropping his pencil.
Why, my mother watches birds hundreds of hours, and she never catches cold.
As Cavaliere Trenta turns to go, Pipa catches him smartly by the shoulder, draws him to her, and speaks into his ear: "To think the signorina has run away with her own husband!
As she moves to and fro she catches sight of herself reflected in one of the many mirrors encased in what were once gorgeous frames hanging on the wall.
As Adam opened his mouth, the rush of hot air, pent upon the winding stair, drawn downward by the draught from the open door, catches his breath.
He who sleepscatches no fish," the lawyer muttered to himself, biting his lips.
Enrica continually catches sight of her staring at her with open mouth and curious eyes, her head a little on one side the better to observe her.
The clairvoyant merelycatches glimpses of certain phases and fields of the great astral record region or state.
The studentcatches a glimpse of regions infinitely higher and grander.
At the sight of the uniforms at the door, the republican enthusiasm of the younger deputies catches fire.
In the Commons, as we have already noted, the member who first catches the Speaker's eye has the prior claim to speak.
The eye catches the fort of Secoa, at the mouth of the Nivelle--once Wellington's sea-base for his great French campaign.
See what numbers of broad and rapid rivers intersect it in their journey to the ocean, and that not a stone or a pebble is to be found on their banks, or in any part of the country, till your eye catches the hills in the interior.
See how the nocturnal flies are tormenting the herd, and with what dexterity he springs up and catches them, as fast as they alight on the belly, legs, and udder of the animals.
With that shot I dashes through the traffic and catches a downtown car, leavin' him there with his silly face unhinged.
On his way back home he catches three hens belonging to peasants in the act of feeding on his oats.
It catches a person unawares, and while he is staring in bewilderment, it has him in its clutches.
The witch (ogress) catches her picking it, and only releases her on condition that she shall give her the child after it is born and has reached a definite age.
The cunning person takes a long pair of tongs, catches the Devil by the nose, loads his horse, and returns in safety.
The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice; And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace.
In which Bobby goes a fishing, and catches a Horse 1 II.
Billy obeys, keeping his eye on you, and dropping his ears from time to time, as he catches your glance, in token of good-will.
We do not find our Milton in his earlier poems; for, charming as they are, they lack that note of strong personality and endless power which our ear first catches in Lycidas: "Ay me!
There's something about him, personality or mere play-acting, thatcatches one in spite of oneself.
It is something bigger than all this that catchesthe crowd.
There one catches the passionate outcry of the husband vainly trying to pierce the deaf ear of death.
Ain't it curyus how a feller catches onto a thing like that all to once?
Then another bird kills the creature, and this time the mancatches the stone.
A dragon catchesthe falling stone and touches the dead serpent with it; it revives and again attacks the ship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
