What is "catches"

Usage examples of "catches".

I perceived that though men rarely become mad, still such an event is well within the bounds of possibility, for our reasoning faculties are like powder, which, though it catches fire easily, will never catch fire at all without a spark.

But stay hard left to give us room to maneuver when the cross-wind catches us.

His outer gauntlets were too thick to unfasten the strap catches, so he took them off, trying not to wince as the arctic air bit straight through the woolen inner gloves.

Nonplussed, William looks away towards the hearth, and catches sight of the polished neck of a violoncello, poking up over the back of an armchair facing the fire.

She herself is of no consequence, but on her way towards the long subterranean passage to the kitchen, she catches sight of Agnes coming down the stairs--and Agnes is one of the people you came here to meet.

And he laughs again, opening his mouth so wide that Henry catches a glimpse of blackened molars within.

Sugar catches only the most fleeting glimpse of what has ostensibly brought people here: race-horses and their riders.

Ushered into the hallway, he catches sight of Doctor Curlew almost disappearing at the top of the stairs, and can barely resist rudely shaking off the servant as she fusses with his coat.

Her habituation to the Rackham house and the tidy streets of Notting Hill has made her lily-livered: now her breath catches, her eyes water, from being forced to take in the overbearing stench of perfume and horse dung, freshly-baked cakes and old meat, burnt mutton-fat and chocolate, roast chestnuts and dog piss.

William reels to one side, misjudging his footing on the cobbles, and Bodley catches him.

He leaned his considerable weight on the bag and slid the catches closed.