Swept in a sentence

The Mets (16-16) were swept for the second time this season and even worse, swept by a team with a losing record that isn’t expected to make the playoffs.

Three were in a car that was swept into a river in the northeastern town of Lipova-Lazne, and another man was missing after being swept away by floods in the southeast.

According to the police chief, Hale fired at the officers who were arriving at the scene from windows on the second floor before they swept the building and found her in a common room.

Actually, all Box’s films sound brilliant – experimental, unusual, with a woman’s perspective – and Morley is such a lovely audio presence that you can’t fail but be swept up with her upbeat, charming passion.

After all the balls were pitched and hit and all the runs were scored, Pechanga swept all three leagues to take home the first place trophies.

Akundzada, who remains hidden from public view in Kandahar for security reasons, ordered the banning of Afghan women from most workplaces and all education since his ultra-conservative Sunni Pashtun group swept Kabul on August 15, 2021.

A “localised tornado” damaged around 100 properties in Greater Manchester as Storm Gerrit swept the country, with thousands of homes remaining without power and travellers likely to face continued disruption.

A long throw wasn’t dealt with, the ball was put back into the box, and Alistair Smith swept home for his first goal for the club.

Alta Loma’s Santiago Cerda swept the boys throws (51-2 in the shot put, 152-3 in the discus).

A major search is under way after a person was reportedly swept into the water from rocks in Anglesey, North Wales.

Amnesty International Nigeria said that it has not felt the impact of panels set up to investigate issues of human rights abuses in the country as most reports from such panels were swept under the carpet and not made public neither were they implemented.

And in 2020, when protests swept the country after the police killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, both of whom were Black, the N.B.A. made social justice part of its ethos.

And of course, the United States has its own quirky economic problems in this area, namely the egg shortage that caused prices to skyrocket after bird flu swept through chickens, ruining the supply of eggs.

And Shirley looked fabulous as she took to her seat in an off-the-shoulder pink dress with her dark locks swept back away from her face to show off her glowing makeup.

And that update doesn’t include the impact of heavy storms that swept through the Bay Area on Wednesday, downing trees and flooding roadways.

And the 21-year-old was at his devastating best last Monday as he scored and provided an assist as the Blues swept aside Tottenham in a chaotic London derby.

And the problems get swept under the rug.

A New York firefighter drowned while attempting to save his teenage daughter who had been swept away in rough surf on the Jersey Shore on Friday, authorities said.

An example of this is the depiction of Kansas as a dull and gloomy place, only to be swept away into “Munchkin Land” with vibrant hues demonstrating a happy place.

A Panama penalty restored some respectability to the result as Yomira Pinzon swept the ball home at the second attempt – having had the first ruled out for not waiting for the referee’s whistle.