catch sight of
Example Sentences
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Tourists flock to the savannah by the hundreds of thousands, hoping to catch sight of the herds as they run a gantlet of crocodiles lying in wait in the Mara River.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Lamp posts, cycle stands, bins, post boxes: it seemed there was no piece of street furniture that spectators were unwilling to climb to catch sight of the action.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
If you want to catch sight of whales this season, Point Vicente on Palos Verdes Peninsula is a hot spot for the activity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
Sometimes when Ralph Bernhardt’s fellow students catch sight of him on the University of Oklahoma campus, they stop to ask: “Are you Squirrels of OU?”
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
I am walking purposefully toward the front of the store when I catch sight of him walking in the same direction, about one hundred feet to my left.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
