How to Use circus catch in a Sentence

circus catch

noun
  • That score had been set up by a 27-yard sideline circus catch from Ferguson.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2020
  • Brees threw to receiver Michael Thomas in the end zone on third-and-goal, but Thomas' circus catch didn't count because his knee landed out of bounds.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
  • But Alex Davis made a circus catch and had a perfect throw to first to double off Arrendondo.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Derek Hill made a circus catch in Tuesday’s intrasquad opener.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2020
  • Branam would hit the receiver again for a 28 yard touchdown after Smith made a circus catch behind the Panther's back.
    Jeremiah Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Beasley made a circus catch with one arm behind his helmet in a game earlier this season.
    Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 22 Oct. 2017
  • And Cowboys fans don’t need to be reminded of the circus catches Beckham is capable of.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Amari Cooper had the most circus catches on a night full of them for both teams, including a toe-tapping TD for Dallas' only lead in the third quarter.
    Schuyler Dixon, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Rogers will be remembered for his highlight-reel circus catches in big moments, a clutch-factor the Aggies will miss.
    Alex Miller, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The play started when Meckler crushed a ball to the warning track in right-center field and Hall had all kinds of trouble tracking it, eventually making a circus catch and falling near the wall.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 8 May 2022
  • In the ensuing minutes, his circus catch became bigger and bigger.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The Saints answered with an eight-play, 73-yard drive, keyed by running back Alvin Kamara’s circus catch, to tie the game with 52 seconds remaining in regulation.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Vikings cornerback Chris Cook found out how difficult Jeffery could be to defend as Jeffery burned him for an 80-yard touchdown and later outleaped him and reached around him in the end zone for a 46-yard circus catch for a score.
    Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2019
  • An exuberant Yaz popped up from the turf after the tumbling circus catch and raised high his right arm, brandishing the ball as if to admonish the baseball gods that were so routinely cruel to early-’60s Sox.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Then Culberson scored on a sac fly to shortstop, making a heads up baserunning play after Andrelton Simmons had a circus catch to temporarily save the game.
    Dallas News, 5 May 2021
  • The fishmonger closes the deal with a pretend shake of the fin and tosses the fish theatrically to his colleague behind the counter, who makes a backhanded circus catch before brandishing a large fillet knife that gleams in his hand.
    Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019

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