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catchings

n. (plural of catching English)

Usage examples of "catchings".

Tasha Catchings, just eleven years old, lay in a heap in a flower-bed near the foundation of the church.

She glanced behind and said, "You made it sound like you were sure Tasha Catchings was killed by a stray bullet.

THE SHOCKING POSSIBILITY that Tasha Catchings might not have been a random victim after all dogged me all the way back to the office.

If Vandervellen was right, that Estelle Chipman's killer was black, and Claire was right, that Tasha Catchings was an intended target, this might not be a racial-terror campaign at all.

Claire's thought that Tasha Catchings may not have been an accidental target after all.

He spoke about Tasha Catchings as someone who had known her most of her life could: her little-girl's giggle.

I stared at the image that I had seen over an dover again since Tasha Catchings had been killed.

Nothing in there drew the slightest connection to Tasha Catchings or to her uncle, Kevin Smith.

It had been three days since Tasha Catchings was killed, and three days before that, Estelle Chipman.

I explained that Tasha Catchings and Estelle Chipman had been related to cops.

But for the first time since Tasha Catchings was killed, I had the feeling I was onto something good.

Then a series of current articles, tracing the most recent murders: Tasha Catchings, Davidson, Mercer.

It was a newspaper clipping from the first press conference after the Tasha Catchings murder.

I trust that you will never hear them so sung, with tears upon rugged cheeks, and catchings of the breath from strong men.

From burning treasure house of wicked Death-Lord, bold Gurgi seized it with catchings and snatchings.