swept
Americanverb
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of swept
First recorded in 1550–60, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Swept up at the age of 6 in the national intoxication with truth-telling, young Misha devoured glasnost’s flagship weekly, Ogonyok.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Swept in three games at Oakland in the final regular-season series of 2012, the Rangers finished one game behind Oakland after leading the division all but six games that year.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
Swept from the congregation are the hereditary peers who, in a bustle of coronets and ermine, crowded into the Abbey last time in 1953.
From BBC • May 5, 2023
Swept Up Mr. Kenyatta and Dr. Miller jumped the broom into married life, after a kiss onstage to mark the official start of their union.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Swept up in an outpouring of patriotic fervor, young men flocked to recruiting stations all over Europe.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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