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verbsimple past tense and past participle of sweep1. adjective(of a sword guard) made up of curved bars. OTHER WORDS FROM sweptun·swept, adjectiveWords nearby sweptswelling, swelter, sweltering, sweltry, Swenson, swept, sweptback, swept volume, sweptwing, swerve, sweven Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweptHe was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation. DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy|Oliver Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST CEO-turned-candidate David Perdue swept past Democrat Michelle Nunn, 55 percent to 42 percent. Georgia Democrats Fall Hard|Patricia Murphy|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST They were swept up in the economic surge of life after the Civil War. 128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hordes of celebrants, swept by rain, surged over the five-year-old Brooklyn Bridge. 128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the latest movie, we are invited to sit back and enjoy the three central performances rather than be swept along by the drama. Channing Tatum Is the Real Star of ‘Foxcatcher'|Nico Hines|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST It broke out in 1472, and had swept off a great number of the inhabitants before the end of the year, including the mayor. A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton Jimmy, guided by Beth, swept along the village street, charged the short hill to the vicarage gate and pulled up before the door. The Smuggler's Cave|George A. Birmingham Before Frederic could reply, the two men were jostled and swept on by a sudden rush of a noisy crowd in their rear. The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton Then they swung forward at a run and swept down along the left flank of the herd. Tharon of Lost Valley|Vingie E. Roe These ten or fifteen thousand men, available men, would be swept from our path like leaves in the whirlwind. Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various
British Dictionary definitions for sweptCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sweptclear, clean, tear, sail, pass, scrub, broom, mop, tidy, remove, brush, vacuum, ready, hurtle, career, flit, zoom, scud, skim, fleet |