How do you use Sweep in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like move or cover, plus the exact meaning.
Sweep in a sentence
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Sweep meaning
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To search (a place) methodically.
Synonyms of Sweep
Using Sweep
- The main meaning on this page is: To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. | To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. | To search (a place) methodically.
- Useful related words include: move, cover, continue, extend.
- In the example corpus, sweep often appears in combinations such as: to sweep, sweep of, the sweep.
Example sentences (20)
Mine sweeping main A sweep is either a contact sweep, a wire dragged through the water by one or two ships to cut the mooring wire of floating mines, or a distance sweep that mimics a ship to detonate the mines.
When the wire of a mine sweep hits the mine, it sinks, letting the sweep wire drag along the anchoring wire of the mine until the sweep hits the mine.
Redondo began the playoffs with a sweep over Pacifica Christian and followed that sweep on the road against Dos Pueblos.
Encarnación Homers, White Sox Finish 4-Game Sweep Of RoyalsEdwin Encarnación hit a three-run homer, Dallas Keuchel threw five scoreless innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.
If you drew him in the sweep you're a good chance to get your money back – provided the sweep pays for running last.
Unsure if a protective sweep had been done, Gardner and Greer did a protective sweep of the residence and then stepped back outside.
Attempting a slog-sweep against Kuldeep Yadav, Fakhar Zaman got across to sweep, landed the front foot on the heel and then slipped to fall over.
Oya, all the money wey dem sweep, no be people don sweep am enter private pockets?
Anti-sweep mine The anti-sweep mine is a very small mine (40 kg warhead) with as small a floating device as possible.
In addition, Göring stipulated that as many fighters as possible were to be left free for Freie Jagd ("Free Hunts": a free-roving fighter sweep preceded a raid to try to sweep defenders out of the raid's path).
The combined blade area of a pair of sculls is however greater than that of a single sweep oar, so the oarsman when sculling is working against more water than when rowing sweep-oared.
There are two forms of rowing: * In sweep or sweep-oar rowing, each rower has one oar, held with both hands.
The wings can sweep from 15 degrees to 67.5 degrees (full forward to full sweep).
A band of low pressure is set to sweep across the North bringing chillier temperatures as winter comes early.
According to the Hawai’i Police Department’s release, 20-year-old Cherish Anela Torres of Pāhoa was also arrested as part of the sweep, but no charges were listed for her.
After discovering an allergy to theater dust in the 1970s, she went on to star in several TV shows and took home a Grammy in 1977 to finish her sweep.
After dropping a tournament game against Millikan, the Colts took care of Marine League business with a two-game sweep of Rancho Dominguez (8-1, 10-0).
Along with a few coats of mascara, Sofia added a sweep of rosy pink lipstick.
A minute into the fourth quarter Cougars Titus Donovan ran in for a touchdown from the one-yard line on a sweep play to the left to extend the lead.
And, if there is a Democratic sweep in an upcoming election, the Democrats could have a three to two majority on the board.
Common combinations with sweep
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to sweep 34×
- sweep of 32×
- the sweep 18×
- sweep the 14×
- sweep in 12×
- sweep across 10×
- three-game sweep 10×
- sweep over 9×
- clean sweep 8×
- reverse sweep 7×