But he was catching at straws, as in his clearer judgment he would have known.
Whereat Carmichael would rage furiously, and then, catching sight of MacGuffie, would bethink him of a Christian revenge.
Hurst at that very moment, catchingsight of the familiar figure of the young sailor as the lamp above swayed and swept a few scattered beams over the Gurkhas.
Then catching sight of a rail passing from this main deck down the easily-sloping side of the vessel he nodded.
Catching him in his arms he sat him down with his back against the wall of the engine-room.
Carl positively scowled at Alec, and then at Dick, catching him grinning.
It caused the Sergeant to smile, indeed, when Carl, suddenly catching sight of his own reflection in the mirror opposite him, blanched and gripped the table.
Tom, without stopping to see what had become of Billy, pulled up, and fortunately succeeded in catching the animal's reins.
Here was food enough to last us for years to come, though we might have a difficulty incatching them ourselves.
In a short time, catching sight of a fire blazing up brightly, which they knew must be burning close to the beach, they continued their course.
As the creatures can see us and our lines, we shall have no chance of catching any," said Tom.
I wish it would come down on deck, and then we might have a chance of catching it," said Tom.
Pat had succeeded incatching two hogs in his pit-fall, and when the subject of carrying water was discussed, he offered to sew up the skins, so as to form two big leathern bottles.
He taught them more than I ever knew of the habits of fish and the ways of catching them.
Straight he went to the Governor, catching him alone and arousing him from his sleep.
There was an exultance about his bearing and a keenness like that of a hunting animal catching the fresh scent of game.
The building was frame, two and half stories high, all was burned in March of 1881, catching from sparks from the boiler room.
There are in the industrial community of Gastonia, however, and in certain individual mills and managers, particularly in North Carolina, signs, that point to a catching up of internal capacities with external maturity.
This responsible cause, catching the phrase from a writer of the day, may be termed "real reconstruction".
No doubt with a view to catching a victim, this soldier one day was carelessly toying with his gold dollars in the presence of a citizen, when the eye of the latter caught a sight of the seeming coin.
Just then a member of Company D, catching on, snatched an ax and relieved the breathless "Nosey" by tapping the calf gently on the head.
Elliot: and then broke off between a sob and a laugh, her hand catching at her side.
Going to the table, and catching up a glass vessel on which the goodwife set great store, he threw it against the wall, and we all plainly heard it shiver into tinkling pieces.
Gamboling with the lambs, shouting as the nest-builders darted by, Sharing in the innocence of one, and catching song from the other.
But even at the price of my life I wished to hear what they were saying; hence I mastered myself again, andcatching the air with parched lips, with forehead pressed to the grating, I listened, counting every breath which they drew.
She ran on with the last of her strength, catching at the air with parched lips.
Pan Henryk," said she, catching at the whip, "what have the flowers done to you?
It is very like the working of the revolving mirror used in catching Larks.
She turned quickly and catching the wheel held it as she looked straight into the boy's face.
Therefore Christians are required to submit to the powers that be, whether a Nero or a slave-catching Congress.
By the second section, the power possessed by the Circuit Courts to appoint commissioners is for the first time conferred on the Territorial courts, so that there shall be no lack of slave-catching judges in Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico.
But lately, the business of catching slaves was regarded as one of the lowest grades of scoundrelism.
And what, Sir, do you suppose was the reply made by the slave-catching judge to this motion?
Barringford was right, for again the buck turned and nowcatching a glimpse of Barringford through the blood of his wounds made a mighty leap for the frontiersman.
I'm going to have that deer," returned the younger hunter, and catching the game by the hind legs he dragged it behind the tree.
We might follow down the Ohio, but if they have three days' start there is small hope of our catching up.
Catching sight of Henry's arm as it was thrown up, he grabbed at the member and clung fast.
He visited this country also with a view of catching horse-whales, which had bones of very great value for their teeth, of which he brought some to the king.
At the same time, the whole scenery assumed a wilder and more desolate character, and the windings of the road round the base of the hill prevented the eye from catching even a glimpse of the prospect beyond.
Bigton is a very quiet rising little watering place, situated some five or six miles from The Poplars and Hartwood village, at the mouth of the river, wherein Tom Hartshorne was catching his perch under the eyes of Miss Lizzie.
The men were standing in the hall with Mr. Lloyd, who, on catching sight of the cage in Hewitt's hand, paled suddenly.
Contrary to all my wife's entreaties, I insisted on coming into the garden, for the selfish pleasure of catching even a glimpse of Gabrielle's little figure, as she moved about her bedroom.
Her restlessness, too, was so apparent that she could scarcely sit still, and catching up a paper-knife which stood on the table near, she began twirling it rapidly between her finger and thumb.
All the while, though with diminishing hope and eagerness, the Squire kept up his search for that something, never saying a word of it to a soul, but catchingat any little chance scrap of information likely to assist him.
Then you think the lack of rifling on the bullet might be the opening wedge to catching the man who shot Stockbridge?
He coughed with drycatching deep down in his throat.
He could not well avoid catching the tenor of their conversation.
After several days' exploring we discovered that the bears were catching salmon in the streams and we were successful in photographing as many as seven grizzlies at once.
Your uncle is waiting for you in the library, so you'd better go down at once," she added, catching her breath as she had done when Cyrus first spoke to her about Oliver.
Thus suddenly the battle changed its face: For, catching courage from the cavalier, The Bulgar squadrons rally, turn, and chase The Grecian troops that fled from them whilere.
That's one of those Romano-Spanish things," said Bellingham, catching the direction of his eye.
The cough lingered still, but none of them noticed it much; she called it a cold, and said she kept catching more.
He was all the time very hungry, but he thought he ought not to break into his half-dollar as long as he could help it, or till there was no chance left of catching those fellows.
It is thought that his first effort in this direction consisted in making cages for animals and wiers (traps) for catching fish (Fig.
In imagination he beheld "two iron disks, or ear drums, far apart and connected by an electrified wire, catching vibrations of sound at one end and reproducing them at the other.
In the floors of some of these curious dwellings were trapdoors through which baskets could be lowered for catching fish in the lake below.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catching" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
