How to Use sweep out in a Sentence

sweep out

verb

• Now picture the tree-top canopy sweeping out below you, leaves turning more vivid by the day.
  — Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
• The vacuum does struggle with corners, so some debris may need to be swept out of its path.
  — Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• People who sought refuge on the mainland and started walking back across the causeways got trapped and swept out to sea.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
• Officials do not know if the missing people are with the boat, trapped under one of its three decks, or were swept out to sea.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
• The Heat scored more than 100 points just once during that sweep out of the playoffs in April.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
• Kyodo News also reported that a fifth student, who was not swept out to sea, was the one who called for help.
  — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
• Russia’s long-standing partners in Syria and Venezuela have been swept out of power.
  — Alan Cullison, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
• Then, it was being swept out of the best-of-three first round by the Hornets, the instant death by playoff lightning at the time.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
• The tourist, who was visiting from Southeast Asia, was then caught up in a rip and was swept out to sea, per the outlet.
  — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
• Last week, a 13-year-old boy swam for hours to shore to get help for his mother and siblings after the family was swept out to sea.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
• When two of the students began to drown, the other two allegedly jumped in to try to save them, after which they were also swept out to sea.
  — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
• This is truly taking a broom and sweeping out the organization.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
• Several girls decided to swim out to avoid drowning in the cabin, and others were swept out by rushing waters.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
• The woman's husband told authorities that his wife went missing after falling from their boat and being swept out to sea.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• Local media reported that a weather advisory for rough seas was in effect at the time when the swimmers were swept out to sea.
  — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
• Bystanders initially had conflicting reports about whether the man was still in the sinkhole or had been swept out to sea, firefighters said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• On Wednesday, rescuers attempted to save two women who were swept out to sea from a beach in Santa Cruz.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
• Cline was one of five newcomers to take office after the 2022 election, when three incumbents were swept out of office.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
• Any songwriter should be so lucky — to have one of your hallmark tunes be lovingly swept out from under you and become one of the definitive ballads of pop music.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
• Lifeguards in Ocean Beach, nearly two miles away, alerted a lifeguard tower about a dog that had been swept out into the rip current near a jetty.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
• The Bucs responded with a housecleaning that also swept out four assistants on the defensive coaching staff.
  — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
• While being swept out of the castle, Arocho insisted to his fellow Faithfuls that Rinna gave him a kiss of death.
  — Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• Two swimmers drowned and one remained missing off General Santos after being swept out to sea shortly after the quake hit.
  — ABC News, 11 June 2026
• The Thunder put the Lakers in danger of getting swept out of the playoffs for just the 10th time in franchise history.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
• But out beyond the final large, massive body that forms — the last one to sweep out all the other objects that share its orbit — are a large number of mostly icy bodies of various masses.
  — Big Think, 30 Apr. 2026
• But he was grabbed out of his car and swept out of state to a regional ICE Processing Center before his lawyer could reach him.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
• And while her anxiety has slightly eased, the uncertainty around the financial aid system has embedded lingering fears that the rug might be swept out from under her again.
  — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
• In June, two women in their 20s from Fremont died in Santa Cruz County after they were swept out to sea.
  — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
• In perhaps the most shocking playoff matchup of the season, California swept out Chicago for 3rd place and a massive boost to its playoff hopes.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
• There will come a day, a few years from now, when this building has been swept out and mopped again, when all the role players involved in this coaching search will also be eager to share what really happened over the last three weeks.
  — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026