How to Use clean sweep in a Sentence

clean sweep

noun
  • That gives it a clean sweep of cycling’s three grand tours.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 June 2026
  • In one clean sweep, all Philip’s devices are gone.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • The clean sweep of the square did not last for long, however.
    — Roger Owen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013
  • This will be a clean sweep for Democrats come November.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • It should be noted that this was not a clean sweep for the larger regional banks.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Bochy felt Andrus had a clear path to the plate, and that Heim made a clean sweep tag.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • Pagonis went a step further and predicted a clean sweep for big tech.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2024
  • Pagonis went a step further and predicted a clean sweep for big tech.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2024
  • The night provided a clean sweep for Mamdani’s brand of Democrats.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 24 June 2026
  • But seven out of 10 isn’t the sort of clean sweep that sets off our data detectors.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The staffing wars ended with a virtual neo-Brandeisian clean sweep.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • As baseball season begins, fans dream of their home team winning every game in a series — a clean sweep.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Making a clean sweep of the past with a bold new look, Anderson drew a standing ovation.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • While most players do not want to talk about winning a clean sweep of trophies, the possibility hangs in the air.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • The 49ers finished off a clean sweep of the NFC's other playoff teams.
    — Josh Dubow, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Its electoral losses in northern India were softened by a clean sweep in the eastern state of Odisha.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
  • Gymnast Yang Wei won gold in the all-around and team events as China almost completed a clean sweep in the men’s events.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Have a game plan for day two The first day of your clean sweep may have left you feeling a mix of emotions, including exhaustion and satisfaction.
    — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Freitas said he was encouraged and excited with the results, adding that voters have decided for a clean sweep to make positive changes in the city.
    — Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Not for their team, but to demand a clean sweep of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court and the White House.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The clean sweep of her Instagram profile follows her recent photos documenting her weight loss journey.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Emmy voters often respond to narrative as much as performance, and few narratives are as compelling as a clean sweep by two iconic women.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
  • No guarantee of 2026 blue wave Democrats won nearly every important election this year, a near-clean sweep.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Down to foundational levels, a clean sweep of the Bulls must be further examined, all the way up to their front office’s consistent swings-and-misses.
    — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The upset gave Miami a clean sweep of Indiana, coming a day after the men’s team also beat the Hoosiers in the second round.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Democrats made the housing crisis a core component of their platform last year, riding the issue to a clean sweep of the major races in last November’s off-year elections.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • After this weekend’s clean sweep and its complete dominance at the SAG Awards, the movie doesn’t really need much in the way of luck.
    — Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Silver's model suggests that Trump winning all of these swing states is the most likely scenario, and a Harris clean sweep is the second most probable outcome.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • However, this year, Australia dominated the list of readers' favorite hotels in the region, with a clean sweep from Sydney.
    — Chloe Sachdev, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • In the international narrative competition, A Strange Path took a straight path to a clean sweep and won all four categories.
    — Vulture, 19 June 2023

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