He talked grimly of the ship, and how we must be careful and never allow this ugly beast to catch us napping with any of her damned tricks.
But I was aft, looking after the steering, and she did not catch me napping that time.
Bad weather alternated with good, but they were wise enough to prepare in peace for war; and thus did not get caught napping when trouble descended upon them.
The fellow who gets you napping will have to tumble out of bed right early in the morning, I reckon," laughed Maurice, patting his chum patronizingly on the shoulders.
Americans and Germans seemed merely to be watching each other with lynx eyes, each on the alert to catch the other napping and steal a march for the glory of the achievement.
The British were not caught napping and their gunners concentrated a destructive fire on the German assembly places and approaches.
She's a wily old dame, but I think if we go about it right we can catch her napping and expose the whole game.
If I could only catch 'em napping for a minute, I might turn the trick.
He replied to them in the same language, and I have no doubt it was to tell them that their enterprise was fruitless, and that it was not quite so easy to catch the crew of an English yacht napping as they might have supposed.
By day, and in the profoundest calms, oft were we startled by the ponderous sigh of the grampus, as lazily rising to the surface, he fetched a long breath after napping below.
It would be very unpleasant to be caught in a shower while napping on a bench in a public garden.
An inexperienced workman in thus ruffing a hat is liable to continue his work too long, until the beaver napping has burrowed quite through to the inside of the hat, where it is lost.
When the badger goes down, as many of the furry people as are not caught napping come up by the back doors, and the hawks make short work of them.
The napping uncle is the old bachelor; Uncle Josie is the father of these ladies.
It hurtled through the air, napping its wings in vain, and passed between the baboons, they grabbing for it as it shot by, it falling far beyond them on the sand.
We spent the day eating, drinking, chatting, napping and listening to Agathemer's very lively music.
The 2nd Imperial Light Horse, however, caught them napping on the 24th of November between Elands River Bridge and Bethlehem.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "napping" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
