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sweep over

VERB
  1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

How To Use sweep over In A Sentence

  • The kingfisher darts along like an arrow; fern-owls, or goat-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor; starlings, as it were, swim along, while missel-thrushes use a wild and desultory flight; swallows sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by rapid turns and quick evolutions; swifts dash round in circles; and the bank-martin moves with frequent vacillations, like a butterfly. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V
  • But for now producers of the 007 series are looking to have her sultry vocals sweep over the soundtrack to the next instalment. The Sun
  • The rescue helicopter made another sweep over the bay.
  • He watched the helicopter make a sweep over the beach.
  • Jackson gave the thumbs up sign, and let a nice, big, satisfied grin sweep over his face.
  • Deep sienna and browns, both reddish and nearly black, sweep over the canvas, the forms, if not the hues, like those of a cloudscape.
  • The rescue helicopter made another sweep over the bay.
  • The rescue helicopter made another sweep over the bay.
  • The thought of Nina clinging to Scott's arm and parading him all over school for the rest of the day made a wave of nausea sweep over me.
  • And the question is, why do these predicaments sweep over the information sector so regularly?
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