sweepy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sweepy
Example Sentences
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“Then the breaking ball gets sweepy, the fastball is inconsistent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
The police filmed all this, using sweepy drone shots and a little Bollywood magic.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2020
The river's opening breast some upward plied, And some came gliding down the sweepy tide.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
Once more the Nile, who from the secret source Of Jove's high seat descends with sweepy force, Must view his billows white beneath thy oar, And altars blaze along his sanguine shore.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
But at last I got it done, and Rowley stood up with rather a red face from tacking the sweepy, lacey thing that had come undone.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Mrs. Molesworth
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