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
Then, the lower side of the slate clouds frayed in the edge of a sweepy garment to sheets and fringes of rain.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Like cloud-born Centaurs, from the mountain's height With rapid course descending to the fight; They rush along; the rattling woods give way; The branches bend before their sweepy sway.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Cf. the posthumous fragment by Gray on Education and Government, 48: "And where the deluge burst with sweepy sway."
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
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