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 day was still grey, with sweepy rain-clouds on the sea—gruesome, objectionable.
From The Lost Girl by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
With broader sweepy base, in gather'd might Majestic, swelling to stupendous height, The mountain billow lifts its awful head, And, curving, breaks aloft with roarings dread.
Nothing could be discovered upon it, but a labyrinth of wavy and sweepy lines.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
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