How to Use sweep away in a Sentence

sweep away

phrasal verb

• Their old Lab and the nephew were swept away in the tide.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025
• In less than an hour, the tent city was swept away and the lawn area cleaned.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
• Soon the truck capsized and the workers were swept away.
  — Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
• Step 2: Use a soft brush to sweep away dirt and debris on both sides of the screen.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 July 2024
• The main stage lights flicked on, sweeping away the shadows.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• The man was swept away while the woman remained trapped.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
• Days of war sweep away ideas that had prevailed for decades.
  — Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
• Because although most of the town was swept away in 1862, the church survived.
  — Christopher Cox Spencer Lowell, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• The flood killed 300 people and swept away homes, businesses and bridges.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
• But admirers saw in it the mark of an artist swept away by his music.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• Vans, cars and garbage cans were swept away by currents that, in some cases, reached the first floor of buildings.
  — CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
• Bul and Dau Mabil were swept away by the winds of a brutal civil war and famine, landing in the U.S. in the early 2000s.
  — Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
• If someone’s car was swept away, would that be covered?
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• On top of the injuries and shredded sails, the Zaida had lost the smaller of its two masts, and its life raft had been swept away.
  — David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
• They also can be swept away in the downpour, since ants, like most insects, can float.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
• Last year, two dams collapsed and swept away thousands in the eastern city of Derna.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• That front drops the humidity and sweeps away rain chances for Friday and the weekend.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• Has there ever been anyone in the history of earth who has swept away as many leaves?
  — Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
• His father, Steve, is feared to have been swept away in the fast-moving Nolichucky River.
  — NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
• An unknown number of homes that run on oil had their fuel tanks swept away.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
• On Monday, a bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding, killing dozens of people.
  — Hau Dinh and David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• He was swept away a mile downstream, where he was found unconscious.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 May 2024
• When the mat gets dirty, the brand recommends sweeping away any debris and rinsing it down with a hose.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2023
• Twisters at that strength can destroy mobile homes, flip or lift cars, and sweep away unanchored homes.
  — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
• Muñoz’s son and his friend got to safety, but Fernández struggled in the current and was swept away.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
• Creeks jumped their banks and swept away entire neighborhoods in a matter of hours.
  — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
• If the fossils are not collected in time, they can be swept away during the rainy season.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2024
• He was then swept away by a current, police told the newspaper.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023
• All of his minimal birthday cheer was swept away after the fire.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
• Online sleuths screen-shotted the photo crumbs that were not swept away after Ms. Miller scrapped her account, zooming in to search for fissures in the glamour.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025