How to Use caught up in in a Sentence

caught up in

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Definition of caught up innext
  • You get caught up in the whole frickin’ festival and the whole thing.
    — Sean Burch, SPIN, 29 May 2023
  • People were laying on the floor and caught up in the spirit.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Just don’t get too caught up in the numbers, McWhorter says.
    — Christine Byrne, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Her death followed that of two other women who were caught up in the crush, both of whom died Monday.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Or was that sparked by getting caught up in the hostage situation at Dave’s house?
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
  • Won’t get caught up in the wash; Johnson sifts through traffic effectively and finds the ball ...
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • You can get caught up in the romance of the food that’s in there, but those reminders come back all the time and that’s the reality of the men who are in this program.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, he gets caught up in her dangerous shenanigans in London.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Trying to strip song ideas down to their core before getting too caught up in the production side of things and adding more layers to it.
    — Danny Klein, SPIN, 12 May 2023
  • That last one, about a high schooler caught up in a spat between the gods of Chinese mythology, arrives May 24 on Disney+.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
  • Similar to other new technologies and mediums like NFTs and the metaverse, don’t get caught up in the hype.
    — Keith Bendes, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Should you get caught up in the music and leave the festival still hungry, there are plenty of places in downtown Napa to grab a bite.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
  • And because Charley was an alcoholic, Bia believes he may have been caught up in one of the fraudulent homes.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Regardless, try not to get caught up in worst-case scenarios.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • Many had assumed that their parental leave came with some legal protection, and were distraught to learn they were caught up in mass job cuts.
    — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In a matter of seconds, 7-year-old Bauer Zoya, a catcher, was caught up in a dust devil, the outlets reported.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • All her legal knowledge and expertise doesn't keep Tess from getting caught up in the system.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Some of this is caught up in really understanding who is the victim and what the circumstances are.
    — Gina Barton, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2023
  • While hanging out with a group of old friends as part of their annual reunion, Benoit is quickly caught up in a whodunnit when one of the guests winds up dead.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Nicky chides Gabriel for over-indulging Owen and Gabriel takes digs at Nicky about being caught up in his work and not sufficiently invested in the boy’s life.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
  • The actual dispute in the case was later caught up in and resolved by another crisis.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The total amount of the nickel caught up in the scandal is small: 54 metric tons of nickel is just 0.1% of what the London Metal Exchange deposits in its warehouses.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • For years, San Francisco public schools have been caught up in a bitter debate over the district’s math curriculum.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023
  • As foreign tourists flock to places like Casablanca in search of drugs and free love, former revolutionaries get caught up in the pursuit of money and power.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Huxley’s Brave New World offered that the people would be too busy, caught up in the endless pleasures of hedonism to care much that they were being deprived of their liberties.
    — Roger Huang, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The three-part drama tells the story of an ordinary family caught up in an extraordinary chain of events that ripple out from their home town.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2023
  • The hearing comes as both city and county entities in Dallas are caught up in the mishandling of criminal justice data.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Danny was plenty sick of nerd-dom, got caught up in the fellowship, and tried something very stupid to earn respect—being able to touch a basketball rim was the pinnacle of Jordan-era junior high cool.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • When Rusev found dead animals in that area in previous years, the outlet reported, many had marks on their bodies suggesting they had got caught up in fishing gear.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • Our heroes, who journeyed together from the village of Two Rivers all the way to the northern kingdom of Fal Dara in season 1, are now scattered and caught up in their own individual adventures.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 24 May 2023

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