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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Just before the deployment, there was an ugly scene at San Francisco International Airport after agents carried away a passenger, originally from Guatemala, who was waiting to board a domestic flight with her daughter.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The water is carried away in pipes where it is cooled and flows back through the system again.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Meteorologists did their job but the alarm got carried away, highlighting the need for better communication of uncertainty.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
Images showed victims being carried away from the rubble on stretchers.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The water is carried away in pipes where it is cooled and flows back through the system again.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Meteorologists did their job but the alarm got carried away, highlighting the need for better communication of uncertainty.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
Images showed victims being carried away from the rubble on stretchers.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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