carry away
verb
carried away; carrying away; carries away
1
: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm
The girl was carried away by her pity.—
Winston Churchill
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the beauty of the music carried him away
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When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The rivers carry away billions of tonnes of earth and sediment, one grain at a time, over thousands of years.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Helene reached its peak as a Category 4 storm, and then dumped massive amounts of water on the mountains bridging eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, that carried away homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Each successful trial will drive changes in the way the marketing function operates, and this iterative approach will prove to be the most agile way of taking advantage of AI without getting carried away by the hype.
—Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
The rivers carry away billions of tonnes of earth and sediment, one grain at a time, over thousands of years.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Helene reached its peak as a Category 4 storm, and then dumped massive amounts of water on the mountains bridging eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, that carried away homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Each successful trial will drive changes in the way the marketing function operates, and this iterative approach will prove to be the most agile way of taking advantage of AI without getting carried away by the hype.
—Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for carry away
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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