sweep
verb (used with object)
to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
will have swept
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future perfectof sweep.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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The star’s nearness to us is only temporary—within tens of thousands of years, its trajectory will have swept it out of our solar system’s list of top five closest stars.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2018
A lot of pain will have swept across the state by January.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
By this week, when his odyssey comes to an end in Barbados, he will have swept through 20 countries, gathering raw material for the Administration's effort to reappraise U.S. policy in Latin America.
From Time Magazine Archive
To-morrow the sands will have swept as level as ever, and the little boys will have to begin again.
From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Henry Rider Haggard
You'll pay it to him at a distance—you'll never have to see him—you will have swept him out of your life.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
