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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After the last garment was carried away, the 120,000-square-foot building sat empty for a year.
—Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The physical displacement drives the flow of CSF through the brain’s tissues, potentially carrying away harmful waste products.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The process is still ongoing and no one should get too carried away until an official announcement is made.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some people aboard a boat that possibly exploded at Haulover Sandbar on Saturday appeared to be hopping from one vessel to another in an effort to reach land while others were carried away on stretchers, according to social media posts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The physical displacement drives the flow of CSF through the brain’s tissues, potentially carrying away harmful waste products.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The process is still ongoing and no one should get too carried away until an official announcement is made.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some people aboard a boat that possibly exploded at Haulover Sandbar on Saturday appeared to be hopping from one vessel to another in an effort to reach land while others were carried away on stretchers, according to social media posts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 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 19 May. 2026.
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