carry away
verb
carried away; carrying away; carries away
1
: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm
The girl was carried away by her pity.—
Winston Churchill
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Examples of carry away in a Sentence
the beauty of the music carried him away
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Just like Flick, however, who once managed him at Bayern and was the architect of an unprecedented treble in 2019/2020, Lewandowski doesn't want to get carried away by the Blaugrana's perfect 100% record across four matches thus far.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Video of the site of an Israeli airstrike showed bodies being carried away amid the debris.
—USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
The Orioles had more ammunition to execute a blockbuster trade than any other contender, but they did not get carried away by the moment.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
Earlier, emergency responders at the site of the landslides – which was covered in mud and toppled trees – carried away bodies in tarps and helped residents move to safety as rain poured down.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 30 July 2024
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Video of the site of an Israeli airstrike showed bodies being carried away amid the debris.
—USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
The Orioles had more ammunition to execute a blockbuster trade than any other contender, but they did not get carried away by the moment.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
Earlier, emergency responders at the site of the landslides – which was covered in mud and toppled trees – carried away bodies in tarps and helped residents move to safety as rain poured down.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 30 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for carry away
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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