How to Use catch at in a Sentence

catch at

verb
  • His sixth-inning drive to right was caught at the fence.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • She was caught at deep square leg in the 16th over but had done enough.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026
  • Boles' flyball is caught at the warning track.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But then he got caught at third base trying to prevent a double play.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Arya was caught at long-off, while Connolly was caught at short third man.
    — ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • That, at least, should’ve been caught at the pregnancy center, Cleaver said.
    — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Chandimal fell in the second over after the break, caught at second slip from a sharp ball from Roach.
    — ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Dotty wore a sleeveless dress of black velvet caught at the hip with a diamanté buckle.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Clarke made a leaping catch at the center-field wall to rob McCutchen of a home run in the fourth.
    — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Clarke made a leaping catch at the center-field wall to rob McCutchen of a home run in the fourth.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • More than a quarter of Branch’s catches at Georgia last year came on screen passes.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Crow-Armstrong had just failed to make a highly difficult, leaping catch at the wall.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Smith-Njigba will catch at least one TD pass and go well over the 100-yard mark.
    — Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Cooper's game-winning catch at Penn State is a perfect example of that.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Stanton was robbed of another hit in the eighth when Ceddanne Rafaela made a leaping catch at the center-field wall.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Douglas’ focus drops and an inability to win contested catches at a high enough rate can’t be overlooked, though.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In Joly, the Broncos have added a player who caught at least 43 passes in each of his last three college seasons.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • On opening day, Church made a dazzling catch at the top of the wall against Tampa Bay's Ryan Vilade.
    — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Joly’s got a long track record of production, catching at least 43 balls and going for at least 489 yards each of the past three seasons.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Both batters kept Narine at bay in the middle overs before Padikkal got caught at extra cover in the 14th over.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • He was robbed of another homer, or maybe a double, on a catch at the top of the left-field wall, and generally showed good feel to put the ball in play even when his teammates couldn’t.
    — Keith Law, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee twice robbed Benge of extra-base hits with leaping catches at the wall in the first and sixth.
    — CBS News, 22 May 2026
  • Instead, the gusts knocked it down, and Phillies center fielder Justin Crawford made an exceptional catch at the wall.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Bo Bichette hit a groundball to the shortstop for the second out, and Jorge Polanco hit a deep fly to the warning track, where it was caught at the fence.
    — Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Callahan retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning, although DelGaizo did smash a fly ball to center field that was caught at the warning track.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Center fielder Jakob Marsee made a pair of big catches at the wall — robbing Carson Benge of a pair of hits in the first and sixth innings.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
  • On the handful of occasions in each game between them when Jokic catches at the elbow and his teammates clear out, an anxious hush invariably falls over a buzzing arena.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Riley was also robbed of extra bases in the second inning on a leaping catch at the wall by center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Riley was also robbed of extra bases in the second inning on a leaping catch at the wall by center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Discussing those symptoms with a doctor can be critical, though, because there's a higher chance of successful treatment if colorectal cancer is caught at an early stage.
    — Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026

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