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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There was heavy rain and the rain carried away all the earth that the bulldozer had dug up.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The life-sized bronze statue was sawed off at the heels and carried away by unknown perpetrators, Novo Mesto Police Department spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus confirmed to the Slovenian outlet Dnevnik.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Some experts cautioned on not getting too carried away by what may be a tactical bounce in equities.
—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
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The life-sized bronze statue was sawed off at the heels and carried away by unknown perpetrators, Novo Mesto Police Department spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus confirmed to the Slovenian outlet Dnevnik.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Some experts cautioned on not getting too carried away by what may be a tactical bounce in equities.
—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
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 6 Jun. 2025.
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