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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In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
More than 100 trucks and excavators and other equipment are working on the highway and more than 1,200 truckloads of debris are being carried away per day, Newsom’s office said.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
But last weekend, the biggest star in women’s college basketball was carried away after collapsing to the court with a season-ending ACL tear.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
More than 100 trucks and excavators and other equipment are working on the highway and more than 1,200 truckloads of debris are being carried away per day, Newsom’s office said.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
But last weekend, the biggest star in women’s college basketball was carried away after collapsing to the court with a season-ending ACL tear.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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 5 May. 2025.
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