How to Use sweep up in a Sentence

sweep up

verb

• Even the local crowd got swept up in it.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
• Maybe he got swept up in the Knicks mania?
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 4 June 2026
• But the stock has been swept up in a broader market pullback.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
• Even his eyeliner feels swept up in the moment.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 8 June 2026
• Certain stocks seemed to be more swept up in the broad market’s sell-off than others.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
• Understanding where your thoughts tend to go can stop you from getting swept up in them.
  — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 12 May 2026
• Rough seas can sweep up the beach and over rocks and jetties, pulling people into a cold turbulent ocean.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
• The felony murder rule has swept up thousands of defendants across the country.
  — Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
• The search for his successor has been swept up in controversy.
  — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• Some could even self-replicate by spontaneously sweeping up loose stem cells.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026
• This woman was worried about her daughters who had become swept up in this obsessive new group.
  — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
• Everyone else in Italy played man-to-man with a libero sweeping up behind the rest of the defence.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Get swept up in the soft psychedelia from the lead single off the Bristol group’s forthcoming album.
  — Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
• At least one person had to be rescued from a park on the Missouri side as water swept up anything in its path.
  — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• Being able to be swept up into that during the World Cup will be unlike anything else.
  — Marcus Thompson, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• Remove a lampshade from its base, then use a hose attachment to sweep up and down the inside and outside of the lampshade.
  — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
• Seconds later, more than a dozen kids are swept up in a furious game of their own — with a plastic Coke bottle.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
• Nine stops in all, not including his many ventures off his line to sweep up behind his defenders and defuse threat after threat.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• Residents, meanwhile, were left sweeping up shattered glass.
  — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• The star's honey blonde hair was swept up into a twist at the top of her head with a long ponytail draping down and a few tendrils framing her face.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
• Microsoft, down 15% this year, is the largest stock swept up in the broader sell-off plaguing the software sector.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
• Meanwhile, Kahan’s back catalog is getting swept up in the current.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 May 2026
• These skills are useful for any sign, to be sure, but especially for a Fish who is easily swept up in their feelings.
  — Maressa Brown, Parents, 18 June 2026
• The step-on dustpan kept us from having to constantly bend over to sweep up crumbs, while the extra-wide brush head got into corners to save time.
  — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
• Nvidia stock has been swept up in this year’s broad technology declines, and shares are down less than 1% for 2026.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
• In the developed world, 1 to 2 percent of adults get swept up in its squall, with men over 30 and post-menopausal women most at risk.
  — Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
• Neighbors also swept up and said the intersection is confusing for some drivers.
  — Joe Holden, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
• Elliot Anderson swept up the second ball in midfield and laid a pass off to Morgan Rogers.
  — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 June 2026
• They’re spread primarily when droppings, urine or saliva get kicked into the air and inhaled — such as when sweeping up mouse droppings.
  — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
• What is clear is that the idea got swept up by Sky & Telescope, when it gets used as a reference twice in the 1940s.
  — Doris Elin Urrutia, Space.com, 30 May 2026