How to Use sweep away in a Sentence

sweep away

verb
  • Don't let this deal get swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Don't let this deal get swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal get swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
  • It’s swept away with the sands of time.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The others all were swept away in the flood.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Get one before this deal is swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Get one before this deal gets swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • So bookmark this and get ready to be swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This powder helps sweep away shine but keeps the glow.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • The canopy that covered his gas pumps had been swept away.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • So bookmark this page and get ready to be swept away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • You can get swept away with the rising water.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Her husband has maintained that his wife fell from a dinghy at night and was swept away.
    — Kelsie Cairns , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • Many victims are swept away when cars stall or float in moving water.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • Without the seagrass, the corals would be swept away by currents.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • You and the vehicle can be swept away quickly.
    — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Every few feet were cairns of glass swept away from shattered storefronts.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • Young girls being swept away with various cults.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
  • This cut has lots of texture and voluminous waves that sweep away from the face.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • So Rob-Will’s father wasn’t swept away in a flood after all.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Before the end of the voyage, a lucky few will be swept away to a new wing where there’s said to be less theft.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The vehicle careened into a deep gorge and was swept away.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And if the water is fast, there is the risk of being swept away, so this would not be an everyday plan.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • On the island of Paros, vehicles were swept away while a small bridge collapsed.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Troy, a 20-year-old Appaloosa, was swept away in the floodwaters.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • After Gregor dies, his body simply dries up and vanishes, swept away by the help.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There was no one in the car, but it was swept away and recovered days later, Electrek reports.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026

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