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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Royal Bahamian police said Brian Hooker told investigators that his wife fell over from an 8-foot hard-bottom dinghy — along with the keys to the boat — and she was carried away by strong rip currents.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
During this process, a single photon carries away a single quantum of mechanical energy from the particle’s rotation into an optical resonator, thereby cooling the nanorotor particle.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
That said, don’t get carried away.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2026
Seven people were reported missing in separate incidents, all believed to have been carried away by floodwater.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
During this process, a single photon carries away a single quantum of mechanical energy from the particle’s rotation into an optical resonator, thereby cooling the nanorotor particle.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
That said, don’t get carried away.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2026
Seven people were reported missing in separate incidents, all believed to have been carried away by floodwater.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 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 12 Apr. 2026.
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