Sentence examples for becomes a catch from inspiring English sources

Knockemstiff, Meade, Topperville, the dump on Reub Hill Road: each of these places courses through the blood of the characters even as it becomes a catch basin for that blood.

3) The danger is that one-nation Labourism becomes a catch-all phrase into which all policies are bundled, and the meaning of the phrase becomes diluted simply to mean policies that Labour favours.

Immediately, "heatwave" becomes a catch-all reason for justifying whatever you want to do: beer at lunchtime?

Feeling down feeds on itself and it soon becomes a catch-22 when you convince yourself that you don't deserve to enjoy anything.

It's a tag line with legs and has become a catch phrase among Zalaznick's crew.

What is going to happen now that "I wish I knew how to quit you" has become a catch phrase?

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.

"I believe that reality and creativity go very well together," said Mr. Maramotti, who has another mission: to sing the praises of a fine factory-made product in an era when "handcraft" has become a catch phrase for luxury.

In the preface to the second edition, he said that the expression had become a catch phrase and had been treated "as though it corresponded to an organized movement, like a political party or a hockey team".

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.