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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Two of those who survived had been at the rear of the group when the slide hit, and were not carried away, Haack said.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
No one, including Derry, is getting too carried away.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
In Sunday’s qualifiers, Finland’s Elias Lajunen had to be carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital after crashing awkwardly at the end of his first run.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
In finding the back of the net, Trubin now becomes the fifth goalkeeper to score in the Champions League, but don’t think for one moment he’s getting carried away by his goalscoring exploits.
—Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
No one, including Derry, is getting too carried away.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
In Sunday’s qualifiers, Finland’s Elias Lajunen had to be carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital after crashing awkwardly at the end of his first run.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
In finding the back of the net, Trubin now becomes the fifth goalkeeper to score in the Champions League, but don’t think for one moment he’s getting carried away by his goalscoring exploits.
—Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 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 24 Feb. 2026.
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