sweep

Example Sentences

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When I open the door to her, Auntie Nina sweeps me into a big hug.

From Literature

“The slide could sweep down to Spirit Lake, dam it to a high level. Mudflows would sluice down valley … the whole cracked north flank could slide.”

From Literature

We ended the night with ORO’s dessert omakase, a sweeping sampling from the restaurant’s extensive pastry menu, complete with a candle.

From Salon

Loosely organized groups of anti-ICE activists have been using encrypted messaging app Signal to flag immigration sweeps and organize spontaneous demonstrations against them.

From Barron's

Among the places hit hard by the sweeps were neighborhoods in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times