Sentence examples for caught in a sort from inspiring English sources

We are, in other words, caught in a sort of kiddie arms race.

At one point Rapunzel is caught in a sort of tug of war between her mother and a prince who wants to whisk the girl away.

The little towns along the coast have for months been caught in a sort of moral quandary: to speak or not to speak about their problem.

Maria, the protagonist of "New People," by Danzy Senna, is caught in a sort of racial fugue: her cold, intricate surrealism reminds me of the plays of Adrienne Kennedy, whose black female characters furiously negotiate the value of truth.

"Technically speaking, what the FDA has not ruled on is where this is at in regards to these sorts of products, and therefore the individuals that are selling these things are caught in a sort of regulatory limbo," he said.

In my favorite of his ballets, last season's "Polyphonia," set to piano pieces by György Ligeti — it will be performed three times this week — there are four couples, each involved in a drama of some dignity: one anguished, one caught in a sort of smoky mystery, and so on.

But the kitchen is caught in a different sort of warp, between big and small, between ambitious and wedding-supper ordinary.

You're acting like a person caught in a web of the sort an addict weaves.

We also have a Miller's Crossing component – Gabriel Byrne was caught in a war between two sort-of rival gangs; we have a similar dynamic".

Meanwhile, the elder Mr. Tobin feels like he's caught in a bad dream as he sorts through media reports and writes congressmen, urging them to push for his son's release.

That's not necessarily going to go over well with everyone, and he feels that he's sort of caught in a bind, that he's just telling the truth, the absolute, unchanging truth.