How To Use Carry off In A Sentence
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Stories of angels, princes and princesses of far-away lands and fairy tales would certainly carry off children to a new world, where their imagination could take on wings.
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"You are fair-skinned, so you can totally carry off red."
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As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
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Plus, I think I could carry off navy and luminous yellow with aplomb.
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For a century levees had been constructed and natural outlets closed until the Atchafalaya River was the only one left to carry off the Mississippi's floodwaters.
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While she has the hair, the face and the body to carry off a fitted purple silk sheath dress, I unfortunately look like a rugby prop forward in drag.
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As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
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But, added Emma, apart from school trendies, ‘only real fashion victims can carry off the look well,’ and she warned: ‘You also need to be a certain shape.’
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I carry off Madam Magloire, I enter my chamber, I pray for him and fall asleep.
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By this it was provided that thereafter the captain of a cruiser who should impress an American citizen should be liable to heavy penalties, to be enacted by law; but as the preamble to this proposition read, "Whereas it is not lawful for a belligerent to impress or carry off, from on board a neutral, seafaring persons _who are not the subjects of the belligerent_," there was admitted implicitly the right to impress those who were such subjects, the precise point at issue.
Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1
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But when Spartacus rallied and faced them, they were utterly routed and fled, and had much ado to carry off their quæstor, who was wounded.
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I. unsôfte þonan feorh ôð-ferede, 2142. of-ferian, _to carry off, to take away, to tear away_: pret. ôðer swylc ût offerede, _took away another such_ (sc. fifteen), 1584. fetel-hilt, st. n., _sword-hilt_, with the gold chains fastened to it: acc.
Beowulf
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He had lunched with the Wellands, hoping afterward to carry off May for a walk iii the Park.
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As the Assyrians in Sennacherib's reign did not carry off Judah captive, the returning "remnant" cannot mainly refer to this time.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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As the plantations in Queensland increased, they required more labourers than were willing to leave their homes in the South Sea Islands; and, as the captains of vessels were paid by the planters a certain sum of money for every "Kanaka" they brought over, there was a strong temptation to carry off the natives by force, when, by other means, a sufficient number could not be obtained.
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
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On all occasions the drovers were armed with various weapons to defend their charge from the cattle-stealers who were too often apt to hang upon their skirts, ready to carry off any stray beast they could find, though the gibbet was the penalty if they were captured.
John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
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What a tour de force in a theater hardly equipped to carry off this sort of repertory schedule: the stagehands must have a lot of sleepless nights!
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To kiln-dry properly, a free current of air must be maintained, of sufficient volume to carry off this moisture.
Seasoning of Wood
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With these examples before their eyes, they could not await an impious and ferocious enemy but for the purpose of fighting him: the rest must necessarily shun his approach with horror, if they would save themselves in this life and in the next: obedience, honour, religion, fear, every thing in short enjoined them to flee, with all that they could carry off.
History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812
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The attempt to carry off these bulky articles was the cause of their destruction, as one of their slaves gave notice to the zamorin or king of Calicut of what was going on.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
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Laxatives, diaphoretics, and diuretics must be used to stimulate the emunctories so that they may carry off the large amount of the products of decomposition which result from the stagnated effusions of anasarca.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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And if the Cycropians swing on their trapezes as high as they can, often it's just to create a strong enough pendulum motion so that they can carry off a slower, more luxurious movement, such as twining the body around a trapeze bar.
Chicago Reader
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As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
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Point of view issues: the first-person omniscient is extremely difficult to carry off without making me run away, far away, very quickly.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
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Just as it is necessary to renew the air round a sick person frequently, to carry off morbid effluvia from the lungs and skin, by maintaining free ventilation, so is it necessary to keep the pores of the skin free from all obstructing excretions.
Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
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Full of twitches and double takes, he manages to undermine his usual screen assuredness enough to carry off moments of great hilarity without ever compromising his suavity.
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You're more interested in a smarty who can carry off a decent convo.
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Many modern directors feel obliged to pose as anti-intellectuals, adopting a facade of stupidity they are unable to carry off with any conviction.
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I. unsōfte þonan feorh oð-ferede, 2142. of-ferian, _to carry off, to take away, to tear away_: pret. ōðer swylc ūt offerede, _took away another such_ (sc. fifteen), 1584. fetel-hilt, st. n., _sword-hilt_, with the gold chains fastened to it: acc.
Beowulf
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It is also proof that the simplest and most fundamental of tasks are the most difficult to carry off.
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Some climbed the masts to unrig her, others rushed into the hold to get out the cargo, and numbers hurried to the cabin to carry off the lighter articles which it contained.
Old Jack
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Among the zoological delights that awaited them according to him were the dagger-tooth: a 120 kilo, furred predator of the mountains; the greater snowbird with a three-meter wingspread and talons that could carry off a full-grown Klingon; plus a host of uncatalogued amphibians that made the marshes acutely inhospitable.
Pawns and Symbols
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The latter was fiercely jealous, and if Parsons showed obvious affection toward someone, Patsy howled as though she were calling upon all her lupine ancestors to come forth and carry off the intruder.
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Since I am not ready to rule out anything; even the preposterous idea that a pismire may indeed carry off a saw log; I would not absolutely rule out some general correlation between skin color and intelligence.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A View from an Incoming Harvard 1L
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Stories of angels, princes and princesses of far-away lands and fairy tales would certainly carry off children to a new world, where their imagination could take on wings.
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The object of the process called osmosis is to carry off these salts.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883
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That they will never capture or carry off from the settlements white women or children.
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Whitehead appears as a smarmy stand-up comic without the charisma or patter to carry off his narrative duties.
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Micro yards can carry off a statement floor and ceramic encaustic tiles can be laid outside without anyspecial sealing or waxing, plus they're naturally nonslip.
Homes: Big ideas for small backyards
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They carry off mortals, most often children, if they are beautiful or otherwise exceptional, leaving a changeling behind.
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As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
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What a tour de force in a theater hardly equipped to carry off this sort of repertory schedule: the stagehands must have a lot of sleepless nights!
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Silinga said he thought the robbers used the wheelbarrow to carry off their loot as its tracks seemed headed in the direction of nearby Ntshabeni.
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And as I prefer to see anyone but the Big Four carry off silverware, I was hoping Everton would win today, butit wasn't to be.
An Evertonian for the day
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The first ape had decoyed Ki-Gor away from the camp long enough for the second one to rush into the boma and carry off the girl.
The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna
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The easiest way to increase carry off the tee is to widen your stance by moving your back foot an inch or so away from the target.
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There are very few actors who could carry off this film, with its sparse dialogue and total absence of voiceover.
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Very few domestic rooms have the proportions of a grand hall that are needed to carry off one of those huge wrought-iron chandeliers sporting fiercely flaming torches.
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It's why a shapely bottom suits a body-con dress and a slight waist can carry off a pencil skirt, why tall women look effortlessly chic in jeans and flats, and vertically challenged girls get away with six-inch heels and floral tea dresses.
Shaping up: how the right clothes can help create a perfect shape
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Seaplanes land, lumber is hauled in, oil is pumped onto ships, and trailer-trucks and trains carry off loaded containers headed inland.
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Plus, I think I could carry off the pirate look, puffy shirt and all.
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The subject of the male and female generative organs came later; the greatest pains and care was taken to make it clear, the little boy was taught that the _sexual organs_ were made for a high and holy purpose, that their office at present is only to carry off impurities from the system in the fluid form called urine, and that he must never handle his _sexual organs_ nor touch them in any way except to keep them clean, and if he does this, he will grow up a bright, happy and healthy boy.
Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
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His was an outrageous talent, brimming with vocal ability and story telling genius which only he could carry off; and his talent was of international class.
