Sentence examples for became a catch from inspiring English sources

What was once a national punch line became a catch phrase for urban cool — and very costly urban cool, at that.

And then there was the playoff stat that became a catch phrase: the Knicks were 5-1 over two playoff runs against the Pacers without Ewing.

Sidney Blumenthal, an aide in President Bill Clinton's White House, has settled a libel suit that he and his wife, Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal, brought in 1997 against Matt Drudge, whose Web site became a catch basin for negative information about Mr. Clinton.

The song's opening line, "It's Britney, Bitch", became a catch phrase in popular culture.

A coastguard's angry phone order to him - "Get back on board, damn it!" - became a catch phrase in Italy after the accident.

"Don't go for second best baby" became a catch phrase for strong women who were sick of being treated like second class citizens from men and other women who still subscribed to the patriarchy.

Erica is concerned more with the consequences: how Catch-22 became a catch-22.

Growth was fueled by demand in export markets, where the name of Chablis, like that of its near neighbor Champagne, became a catch-all term — in this case for dry white wine of any origin.

"Were you still up for Portillo?" became a catch-phrase of Labour's landslide election victory in 1997 a reference to Michael Portillo, the Conservative cabinet minister and would-be leader who lost his apparently safe seat in the small hours.

Although Mr. Paulson started the talks partly as a way to soothe Congressional fury over the exchange-rate issue, the forum quickly became a catch-all venue for a range of issues frustrating American trade negotiators.

"Big data" became a catch-all phrase covering a multitude of topics, but boiled down to smart ways to make this data truly useful.