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Example sentences for: catching

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The inhibition-lowering chemical is catching on at parties, and has been linked to at least 20 deaths.
--Ric Burns' 125-hour documentary series, New York . There were a few engaging features--the astonishing photographs, Robert Caro talking about Al Smith, John Tierney arguing that the workers at the Triangle shirtwaist factory could have just gotten other jobs instead of catching fire; they were only calling attention to themselves.
In reference to the letter from "" who was worried about children catching the bouquet: I was married last summer and gave all the children under 12 a chance to catch a small stuffed animal before I threw the bouquet to the older girls.
By the fourth patch I realized I had to start catching up with the other side if I didn't want to wear a Phantom of the Opera mask on my wrinkled side.
With the huge successes of Boris Becker, Steffi Graf, and Michael Stich, tennis has now become a favorite national sport, with squash and badminton catching on fast, too.