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swept
[ swept ]
adjective
- (of a sword guard) made up of curved bars.
swept
/ ɛ /
verb
- the past tense of sweep
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ɱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of swept1
Example Sentences
At 08:56, kneeling on her SUP, Lloyd slid down the fish pass in the centre of the weir and was swept quickly downriver.
Robin Reed, 46, and his son Owen, 17, who were from Caerphilly county in south Wales, were swept out to sea on 13 April while swimming at a beach without lifeguards in Seventeen Seventy, Queensland.
Also on Friday, one woman drowned and a man is missing after their group was swept into sea in San Remo in Victoria.
A wave of what Francis called “telepathic communication” swept through the group.
Getting swept away by a fantasy world is one of moviegoing’s more rarefied pleasures, disbelief dissolving as readily as a pill on the tongue.
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