catch
verb (used with object)
to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a runaway horse.
were catching
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past progressiveof catch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And it turns out, that's not the case at all, and we just were catching lightning in a bottle with this record.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
During one of the commercial breaks, Garfield and the talk show host were catching up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
“By the time we were catching cases,” he said, “there were so many that we were only left with bad options.”
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
Yields were catching up to the Federal Reserve’s main interest rate, which is above 5.25% and at its highest level since 2001 in hopes of getting high inflation under control.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
The events of the past night were catching up to me, and I still didn’t know how I was going to get home, or if I could get home.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
