caught napping
Example Sentences
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Levante pulled level in the 21st minute as Atletico were caught napping at a corner and Sanchez nodded home at the back post after he was left completely unmarked.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
That should have settled early nerves but Wales' defence were caught napping as Scotland launched their first meaningful attack.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
PSG’s defense was caught napping when M’Baye Niang profited from a long ball and hit a powerful shot that goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma parried well.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Central banks had been "caught napping" with respect to inflation and would have to raise interest rates more aggressively as a result, extending equity market turmoil, the head of Australia's sovereign fund said on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2022
The police, whenever my mother forebode, would indeed come, and many of the men of the yard would be caught napping, surrendering themselves with lamblike submission.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
