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
Winston ChurchillExamples of carry away in a Sentence
the beauty of the music carried him away
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While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
—Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
But let us not get carried away.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The franchise drew immense scrutiny for having Sabally walk off the floor instead of being securely carried away on a stretcher.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
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Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
But let us not get carried away.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The franchise drew immense scrutiny for having Sabally walk off the floor instead of being securely carried away on a stretcher.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
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 8 Jun. 2026.
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