How to Use catchall in a Sentence

catchall

noun

• They used the drawer as a catchall for kitchen items.
• This catchall is a must-have statement piece for the interior decorator or jewelry collector.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
• And so the garage became like the catchall, the storage bin.
  — Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
• Prisons are a catchall for people who are born screwed and go on to screw up.
  — Eve MacSweeney, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
• In Australia, the word is used as a catchall term for sheepskin boots lined with fleece that have been made since the 1930s.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
• The concept of being alone can’t be a catchall for thinking.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2021
• Invest in a great pair of sandals, a catchall tote, and some long jean shorts to wear on repeat.
  — Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 3 June 2021
• But all of her kitchen wares, from mugs to little catchall plates, are beautiful, one of a kind gifts.
  — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 4 Dec. 2017
• There is not a catchall solution, but those should be the questions in every case.
  — Heidi Stevens, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
• Rubber bullets is sort of a catchall name for a wide variety of weapons.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 14 June 2020
• Or use them outside of the kitchen as pill boxes or jewelry catchalls.
  — Yasmin Fahr, Bon Appetit, 13 Sep. 2017
• The battle over one simple word has become something of a catchall for a wide range of feelings about the woman in the city’s top job.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Craighill April tray in maple, $80, craighill.co This tray, made from American maple, serves double duty as a catchall and a cheese board.
  — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2017
• Three years ago, Google launched an Android app called Lookout as a sort of catchall toolbox for its blind and low-vision users.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
• Cancer, a catchall term for a large group of diseases, is consistently one of the leading causes of death around the world.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• The report offers a nice catchall for anything that disgruntles you about our times.
  — Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review, 2 Aug. 2024
• But Lorde’s words have been turned into a catchall phrase used by wealthy white wellness influencers.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 17 June 2020
• This one—in white plus gold, black or silver—is equipped with a USB port and a storage catchall that can corral a fitness watch, earbuds and more.
  — Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• At the time, Kincaid’s was a catchall kind of place: a meat market, a post office and a part-time barbecue joint and hamburger shop for those in-the-know.
  — Dallas News, 23 May 2022
• Curry has become a catchall word for any Indian meat, vegetable or legume dish in a sauce.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2021
• In an ideal situation, the guest bedroom should not be your catchall room.
  — Cathy Hobbs Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
• This Charleston home office styled by Jill Sharp Weeks proves that no desk is complete without at least one catchall bowl or tray.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Jan. 2023
• Similarly, the 2017 Oscars films most likely to be remembered for a long time didn’t go for the catchall.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2018
• But the complication, and the heart of Terry's case, involves a third tier – a catchall that sets a sentence of up to 20 years for any amount of drugs not covered by the others.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
• The new Rothy’s bags are knit with 100% recycled materials and come in seven styles, from a big tote to a mini catchall.
  — Dakota Kim, Sunset Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020
• As a bonus, the bag can fit travel-sized shampoos and conditioners picked up throughout the trip, making it an easy catchall.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2019
• Clutter transforms into a classy display with this quartz catchall.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 5 Oct. 2022
• And yes, of course the word has become a catchall that means wildly different things to different people, but that’s a feature, not a bug.
  — Megan Greenwell, Wired, 1 July 2021
• But where Vancouver wants to eat right now is at an izakaya—a catchall term that simply means a bar that serves Japanese small plates.
  — Claire Dederer, ELLE Decor, 27 May 2011
• To make its case, the government is relying on the same catchall bribery charge prosecutors have used to put crooked politicians in prison.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024