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swept

[ UK /swˈɛpt/ ]
[ US /ˈswɛpt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. possessing sweep
    the sleek swept wings of the plane

How To Use swept In A Sentence

  • He offered his arm to her, and the four of them swept out of the door into the blustery weather.
  • He swept his hands up and down the smooth sides, trying to find a notch or groove.
  • Have you failed to hear a word he's said since he swept you off your perfectly pedicured feet and into the nearest watering hole?
  • The swimmer was swept away by the current.
  • Vast clouds of volcanic dust were shot into the stratosphere and swept around the globe. Times, Sunday Times
  • But this subtlety is swept aside in performances that are simply too hard-driven.
  • It is more than a decade since a coach and her young prodigy stood on a windswept Sheffield running track and envisaged the future. Times, Sunday Times
  • Flying this kite among the otherwise conventional swept wings on a breezy day was initially eerie.
  • The cliffs closed in as the river swept round a bend, its waves slapping against vertical rocks.
  • Trent ducked under another swing attack, swept with his feet in a scissors kick that tripped up his opponent and forced him to the ground.
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