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[ sweeps ] / swips /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Words nearby sweepssweep hand, sweeping, sweepings, sweeping score, sweep off someone's feet, sweeps, sweep-saw, sweep-second, sweepstake, sweepstakes, sweep under the rug Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweepsSophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away. Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST The pulses are from a beam of light produced by the intense magnetic field, which sweeps across Earth as the neutron star rotates. The Weirdest Object in the Universe|Matthew R. Francis|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST As Rick the zombie-slayer returns, a deadly flu strain that makes your head burst like a shaken soda can sweeps across the prison. The Walking Dead ‘Infected’ Recap: There Will Be Exploding Faces|Melissa Leon|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then Cathy sweeps Cannistraci literally off her feet in a bear hug. Edie Windsor on Love, and More Scenes From a Gay Marriage|Steven Thrasher|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the mustachioed fun of No Shave November sweeps the country, its roots as a charitable effort may be getting lost. Behind the Movember Movement’s Fight to Keep Charity Tied to Mustache|Kevin Fallon|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST The canoe was certainly a large one, and they counted at least twelve natives at the paddles, or sweeps. Dave Porter in the South Seas|Edward Stratemeyer The circuit may be completed in from twelve to thirty sweeps. On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall She looks so fine, doesn't she, when she sweeps down the platform in her satin dress and lays her bouquet on the piano? The Quaint Companions|Leonard Merrick Yet it is a movement that sweeps on with almost irresistible force. The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge "I am the father of sweeps," declared an elderly employer to the West Kent Tribunal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917|Various
Words related to sweepsstretch, span, swing, clear, clean, tear, sail, pass, purview, ambit, extension, breadth, region, reach, orbit, length, radius, compass, latitude, scope |