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Example sentences for "catching sight"

  • On catching sight of her Franky Harborough precipitates himself towards her as fast as his fat legs will carry him.

  • On catching sight of Talbot she pulls herself into a walk, and with a laudable, instantaneous struggle to look cold and neat and repellent, she holds out her hand.

  • Freddy has cried cordially, on catching sight of him; 'my dear fellow, I am delighted to see you!

  • Catching sight of her just in time I started back; then, with my feet about a yard from the bird, I stood and regarded her for some time.

  • I called out sharply on catching sight of him palavering there with the mulatto, the artful beggar furtively slipping the tin pannikin out of which he had been drinking into the bosom of his jumper.

  • But the skipper, although startled by the sudden appearance of the mysterious vessel in the first instance, as his ejaculation on catching sight of her showed, evidently did not regard her in the same light as the boatswain and myself.

  • Hullo, Stokes," said the skipper, catching sight of him at once with his eagle eye that seemed to take in everything that went on, whether his back was turned or not.

  • On catching sight of the financier several men rose and gathered round him, eagerly questioning: "What do you think, Duplessis?

  • The Morleys stopped to accost Graham, but the lady had scarcely said three words to him, before, catching sight of the haunting face, she darted towards it.

  • It is true that our friend Lemercier, catching sight of me in the Rue de Rivoli, stopped his coupe and carried me off for a promenade in the Bois.

  • Catching sight of him, her whole sad, listless face lights up.

  • Rose, catching sight of it among the trees.

  • Catching sight of the figures at the table, Walter nudged the old gentleman, gave him a significant, laughing glance, then stepping forward addressed the waxen man in a serious tone as though he thought him a living person.

  • Ah, I see and am well content," catching sight of Annis' sweet, blushing face.

  • Catching sight of the visitors she halted in startled fashion, with her hand on the hasp of the gate.

  • Also the mail for the great house was a light one, and out of it the Lord Proprietor, catching sight of the official stamp on the envelope, had at once selected the letter quoted above.

  • Catching sight of the kneeling figure, they stop to observe it.

  • Elsa utters a shriek, catching sight of Telramund with a handful of armed men stealing in by the door behind her husband's back,--the explanation of the sound she had heard.

  • On catching sight of Litvinov, Irina blushed and got up, and when he went up to her, she pressed his hand warmly.

  • Catching sight of Litvinov she turned suddenly round to him, and stopped still as though struck by amazement.

  • Catching sight of the druggist in the crowd, he stopped to bawl out: "Who's been buying prussic acid of you, Sam Foster?

  • Catching sight of Thane in the doorway, the farmer went toward him, his hand outstretched.

  • Catching sight of it as he left the Tavern porch, he hastened his steps.

  • Twas so evident that he had been drinking deeply that Calvert would have avoided him, but that the tipsy nobleman, catching sight of him, made his way directly to him.

  • He looked about him, and, catching sight of the gramophone, drew inspiration from it.

  • Catching sight of Burton as he was passing on, he stopped.

  • Burton was beginning to feel that he had started on a wild-goose chase when, catching sight of the smoke of the vessel some miles ahead, he suddenly, without conscious reasoning, determined on his line of action.

  • Ah, my friend," catching sight of me, "I have not forgotten your face.

  • Catching sight of us, she stood up and waved her hand, and we bowed low in our saddles, and smiled, and waved our hands in return.

  • A pretty curly-haired boy of about nine burst into the room and stopped suddenly on catching sight of her.

  • They both stood still as if rooted to the spot on catching sight of him, and he was so taken aback that he did not rise from the stump he was sitting on.

  • On catching sight of Ostrodumov she extended her broad, red hand without a word.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catching sight" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another similar; aqua fortis; bitter laugh; catching cold; catching fish; catching hold; catching sight; chosen body; contagious diseases; continued selection; distinct class; flying visit; four legs; four pages; growing country; half lemon; honour and; instrumental music; recent months; says they; slightly flattened; still seen; take post; the month; white dress