How to Use carry away in a Sentence

carry away

verb
  • But let us not get carried away.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
  • There’s no need to get carried away.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • He is then carried away by his arms and legs.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That said, don’t get carried away.
    — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Don't get carried away, though.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Not that she gets carried away by these sorts of things.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t let yourself get carried away for even a month.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • She’ll be carried away by this luxe and crazy-soft wool cardigan.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2024
  • He does not get carried away by good results and spells, or bogged down in bad times.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • As for an outright upset here, let’s not get carried away.
    — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But don’t get carried away with the unattainable goal of poreless skin.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But the dads all know there’s nothing to be gained from getting carried away.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • There was heavy rain and the rain carried away all the earth that the bulldozer had dug up.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • Mariska’s two brothers, injured, were carried away from the scene.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 June 2025
  • The water is carried away in pipes where it is cooled and flows back through the system again.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • As the injured are carried away, a mother searches for her son.
    — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • That’s enough to carry away any and all effluent the fish release.
    — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This is just my opinion, and he just gets totally carried away.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Getting carried away with ideals and forgetting to ground your progress in the present.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But one day, the president’s chef got carried away with the cornmeal and added too much.
    — Christina Morales, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • So consult your physician, ask lots of questions, and don’t get carried away.
    — Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The globs — along with some rocks and sand — were bagged for disposal and carried away by power boat.
    — Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • When the writing is so good and the performances around you are so good, you do get carried away with it.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The footage shared by the outlet showed the water over the hood of the woman’s car as she was carried away.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But don’t get carried away—keyword stuffing isn’t the answer.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • One person fainted near the torch and was carried away by a handful of people.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 14 June 2025
  • Gleaners carry away the too-small or too-large potatoes that farmers have dumped in piles by the side of the road.
    — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
  • Eventually he is freed and carried away as the crowds keep digging.
    — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • He was carried away on a stretcher with a broken arm, while his mother and sister were killed.
    — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 29 June 2026

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