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
Winston ChurchillExamples of carry away in a Sentence
the beauty of the music carried him away
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At the United States Embassy nearby, helicopters had already carried away the last Americans as the South’s fighters disappeared, ditching their uniforms and boots in the streets.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Maybe the adults just got carried away by the punny potential of getting to be the Apple dancers in Minne-apple-is?
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 3 May 2025
At the United States Embassy nearby, helicopters had already carried away the last Americans as the South’s fighters disappeared, ditching their uniforms and boots in the streets.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
One person was rescued from the car, the station reported, but the other two were seemingly carried away by the water.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
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 18 May. 2025.
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