How to Use be/get carried away in a Sentence

be/get carried away

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  • But don’t get carried away with the unattainable goal of poreless skin.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And, despite the shooting display by the Bucks, let's not get carried away.
    Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The curtain fell to great applause, but Williams had to be carried away and died soon after.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2022
  • In the interest of fairness, let’s not get carried away here.
    Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Many cars will stall in six inches of water or less and can be carried away by two feet of water.
    Annie White, Car and Driver, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Of course, Ríos was well short of the number of at-bats needed to qualify for that list, so let’s not get carried away.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • This is the price of letting inflation get carried away.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Monday is mainly sunny, and if the easterly winds don’t get carried away, highs are in the mid- to upper 70s.
    Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Finally, don’t get carried away with the orbital sander.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the energy will be carried away by neutrons, which will escape the plasma and strike the walls of the tokamak, producing heat.
    New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Yet, despite their winning ways, the Mets are trying not to get carried away with that momentum.
    Deesha Thosar, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2022
  • All the people in that group had to be carried away from the edge of the mine and were then temporarily held to determine their identities, police said.
    Stephane Nitscke and Madeline Chambers, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Don't be carried away by your short-term desires -- instead, keep saving your savings.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Take it all in amid the city locals and let yourself be carried away by the energy and charm that is the floating city — with plenty of fantastic hotels to choose from.
    Joyce Falcone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2023
  • One improvement, especially for school bands, might be to take the music outside, where virus-laden aerosols are more likely to be carried away by the open air.
    Gregory Barber, Wired, 8 June 2020
  • Some bedding brands get carried away with their marketing claims, which can mislead to shoppers buying sheets for the wrong reasons.
    Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • When a tornado blows into view, people race—too late—to get out of its path, only to be carried away by winds that can surpass two hundred miles per hour.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 14 July 2024
  • One protester had to be carried away from a demonstration after she was hit with a beanbag gun shot at close range, leaving a gaping wound on her thigh.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The Orioles had more ammunition to execute a blockbuster trade than any other contender, but they did not get carried away by the moment.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Although Moore fielded offers from several top programs around the country, Moore wanted to keep things simple and not get carried away by the chance at limelight.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • As LaToya drove away, Falynn ultimately had to be carried away by Simon to avoid a physical fight.
    Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2021
  • Sometimes David allows himself to get carried away like everyone else.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
  • With that one word, Jacques, who was soon to be carried away by a fatal cold, had given a seafaring Polish exile a vital nod of encouragement.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • But don't get carried away: There's a lot more to personality types than someone's eyebrows can exhibit.
    John Riley, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
  • One fan calmly allowed security to walk him off field, but the other kept waving his hands, kicking and flailing to get the 25-year-old star athlete's attention and had to be carried away by three guards.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Instead of letting yourself be carried away by temptations, find your focus.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Congestion has resulted in limited yard space for new vessels to berth and tons of containers piling up at ports waiting to be carried away.
    Andy Chou, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Authorities have warned the risk is especially high for children to be carried away by river currents or unable to escape from ponds.
    Fox News, 24 June 2020
  • Before we get carried away: The starlet is, actually, in a relationship.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The sense of carrying on a legacy of the past, and of carrying an obligation to preserve the past for the future, is both a sobering and a comforting one, reminding us neither to get carried away with passing trends nor to despair that all is doomed.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 27 Dec. 2022

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