Thesaurus results for CARRY AWAY

carry away

verb

Definition of carry away

as in to entrance

to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight) the beauty of the music carried him away

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Recent Examples of carry away Nitrogen, one of the main nutrients needed for strong plant growth, is especially susceptible to being carried away like this. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026 The energy from these events is carried away by particles of light (photons) spread across the electromagnetic spectrum, but also by neutrinos. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 July 2026 Flash flooding in southeastern Missouri wrecked a campground and carried away about a dozen people, according to local authorities. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Think ambitiously, but get your facts and numbers straight before getting carried away. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry away

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away

Verb

The look felt right at home on this press tour, adding to her incredible roster of recent looks that have left us mere mortals entranced.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Her compositions are often marked by her love of long, slow glissandi, string instruments sliding, sometimes languorously, sometimes dramatically, up and down in ways that can be haunting and disorienting, but always captivating and entrancing.

— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026

Definition of entrance

Verb

But, the general public is difficult to please for any extended period of time and following the Apollo 11 moon landing in July of 1969, space toys faded in interest.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Anyone with information about Nancy’s disappearance is asked to please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of please

Verb

The trade infuriated fans and likely delighted the MLB executives and owners who are thirsty to implement a hard salary cap in the next collective bargaining agreement.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The recipe continues to be the creative constant for a cake that still delights guests 90 years on.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of delight

Verb

Meanwhile, nonbelievers create humorous content, featuring videos of empty clothes draped over furniture or laid out on the street, suggesting they were abandoned by those who were raptured.

— Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
The movie follows Patty Myers (Patty Dunning), a casual Christian belonging to a theologically liberal church who's left behind after millions are raptured.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025

Definition of rapture

Verb

All married slap bass to thrash guitar, but if most of their cohort alternated rapping and belting on the vocal front, Primus trotted out Claypool as more of a hyperliterate carnival barker.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
The case began on June 17, when City of Miami Police officers watched a video of Lesteiro-Diaz rapping in Spanish while holding a laptop with money on it and wearing a call-center headset.

— Ana Maria Soler, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026