Sentence examples for caught a bit off from inspiring English sources

Democratic candidates like Mr. Yokoyama seem to be surprised — even caught a bit off guard — by their sudden popularity.

"Coming back from the Labor Day holiday, U.S. investors have been caught a bit off guard by the reversal of sentiment toward Europe," said Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy for Brown Brothers Harriman.

EXECUTIVES of MTV Networks seemed to be caught a bit off guard by the hostile reaction to their announcement last week that they intend to create the first cable entertainment channel devoted to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender viewers, called Logo.

We were caught a bit off guard".

That was the question posed Tuesday night by the Rev. Al Sharpton to a panel of five Democratic mayoral hopefuls, and the five, caught a bit off-guard, offered divergent answers.

Mr. Brown, 50, acknowledged that he was caught a bit off-guard by his reception on Capitol Hill, where he was trailed by a throng of camera crews and reporters.

And yet, political historians have been caught a bit off-guard by the trend.

I caught a bit of U2's set.

"But I caught a bit of press.

"I just caught a bit of that," another official replied.

The amount of time required to execute the projects caught me a bit off-guard.