sweeps

[ sweeps ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.

For humans, Shark Week is just a once-a-year sweeps event for the Discovery Channel.

The camera sweeps over to a room filled with seemingly holographic monitors as two technicians scramble.

The pulses are from a beam of light produced by the intense magnetic field, which sweeps across Earth as the neutron star rotates.

The blood rushed to my head, but I only answered, “A new broom sweeps clean.”

A gilded coach, drawn by the most beautiful horses in the richest trappings, sweeps along the streets—a gorgeous vision.

Fresh gangs manned the sweeps and the riders on the eastern bank eased their pace to a walk.

Each time the tidal wave sweeps in toward the shore it urges the finer particles of sediment along with it.

The night wind sweeps across the cheerless park, chilling us to the bone.

The janitor should wash the clothes-racks with the acid bichloride solution every time he sweeps.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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