swept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sweep.
unswept
-
a word derived from
swept.
Example Sentences
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I find that I am grossed out by things in her home that did not used to bother me: unswept floors, mildew in the shower, pet hair on the sofa and beds, etc.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2018
But for reasons that I’ll perhaps never understand completely, I cannot abide an unswept floor.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2014
New York has a habit of devouring its young, leaving the bones in the unswept street and moving on.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2011
Once on the roof, amid unswept gutters and frosty tiles, Nigel's lines quickly got posher and more significant, as if he was drunk on family tradition.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2011
The yews sprawled, yellowish and ungainly; the stone steps had the grimy, unswept look of a city institution.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
