How to Use circus catch in a Sentence

circus catch

noun

• There are no hard-and-fast rules on how to log a home run or whether a circus catch ought to be recorded as more than an out.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• Beasley made a circus catch with one arm behind his helmet in a game earlier this season.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 22 Oct. 2017
• The rookie made a circus catch on his second reception for a 36-yard gain.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 22 Sep. 2022
• That score had been set up by a 27-yard sideline circus catch from Ferguson.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2020
• Derek Hill made a circus catch in Tuesday’s intrasquad opener.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2020
• In the ensuing minutes, his circus catch became bigger and bigger.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2020
• Brandon Aiyuk's circus catch was a game-changer in the NFC title game.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• And Cowboys fans don’t need to be reminded of the circus catches Beckham is capable of.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 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
• 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
• In center Senzel was a moment late in his attempt at a circus catch, slamming into the wall and then crumpling to the warning track as the ball caromed past him.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
• Speaking of circus catches, East Ridge standout receiver Lamar Garrison had one of his own in the pool play portion of the event.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
• 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
• 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
• 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
• After Darnell Mooney of the Bears made a circus catch that gave his team a 39-yard gain on the first play after the two-minute warning, the Vikings lost their confidence.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Nabers was smiling, laughing, making circus catches over some of the NFL’s best defenders, scoring flag football touchdowns and flipping into a foam pit to celebrate.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
• 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
• 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 | [email protected], 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