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Example sentences for "caught hold"

  • He caught hold of the goblet, and gulped down the whole of its contents, without once removing it from his lips.

  • So his wife did as he told her; but whenever he caught hold of a spade the bird lifted him off his feet, so that he could not drive it into the ground.

  • Then he climbed the iron bars of the Duke's chair, and reaching high, caught hold of the red beard.

  • He caught hold of the woman and hung her head over one of the rattlings of the mizzen shrouds, and there she swung by her chin till a wash came and lifted her off, and then she rolled about again.

  • I stood the first push, and the second; but the third roused my indignation--and I caught hold of the end of the broom toward me, and tried to force it out of her hands.

  • I told him peremptorily that he could not have anything beyond the contract, whereupon he caught hold of the cuirass that Hannibal was wearing, and tried to drag it from him by main force.

  • Morange, quite moved by this little speech, caught hold of his wife's hand and kissed it.

  • Rose, however, still rather uncertain on her legs, caught hold of the scales in her impatient efforts to climb upon the bed, and almost toppled everything over.

  • With passion most unusual in him, he caught hold of the child, and exclaiming, 'You little imp, what do you mean by it?

  • So he caught hold of her and said to her, "Woe to thee!

  • He caught hold of the doctor's scarf of light network, a contrivance which did duty for bag, hammock, or rope in turn, and the wearer rapidly twisted it from about his waist.

  • He caught hold of her hand with a sort of tender roughness and twined his fingers between hers, pressing his palm against hers.

  • She sprang upon it, showing her teeth, caught hold of it.

  • He caught hold of her left hand, awkwardly, nervously, but held it strongly with his close to his side, and went on speaking.

  • Lib turned pale, caught hold of my hand and Dora's, and ran quite a distance toward the mill.

  • He caught hold of the fence and came out, dripping from head to foot.

  • And it seemed as though it were indeed so, for with a sudden impulse he caught hold of her white, ringless hand, and drew it gently toward him.

  • He caught hold of her arm in sudden fear.

  • He caught hold of her hand, examined the pupils of her eyes, and merely seemed preoccupied by the air of transfiguration which she wore.

  • Benedetta, however, caught hold of his hands and roused him once more to the delight of being there beside her.

  • When the doctor once more found himself alone with Pierre he caught hold of both his hands with effusive delight.

  • So he caught hold of her shoulders and sat her down, so roughly that the chair creaked beneath her.

  • I caught hold of her dress; but she is awfully strong; she soon got away from me.

  • He caught hold of her hands, and exclaimed in a voice quivering with admiration: 'How beautiful you are!

  • He caught hold of Johnnie somewhere at the back of the neck.

  • The tub-like galley shadowed them, there was a loud cry of welcome and relief, and then the two men, still grasping the inert figure of him who had fallen overboard, caught hold of the stern of the boat.

  • He caught hold of the edge of the table with both hands, and looked down on Johnnie in the chair with an amused smile.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been trying; best advantage; caught glimpses; caught her; caught himself; caught napping; caught sight; caught the; congratulated myself; considerable extent; eddy currents; female education; hand neighbor; hardy annual; house should; like their; prairie schooner; secret room; stiff clay; then brown; thirteen hours; three lemons; tiled roofs; time must; vanilla extract; will immediately