Thesaurus results for CARRIED AWAY

carried away

verb

past tense of carry away

as in transported

to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight) the beauty of the music carried him away

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Recent Examples of carried away But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 Video from the rescue shows them being carefully carried away before making the nearly 400-kilometer (250-mile) trip to Nandankanan Zoo. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 The club, the fans and the media let themselves get carried away dreaming about the possibilities of club president Florentino Perez’s latest galacticos project. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Weather matters more than duration Don't get carried away with duration at the expense of clear skies. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 They were later carried away on stretchers to pathology vans. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Nothing is off limits, in theory, but sometimes fans can get carried away and cross a line that causes some hurt feelings. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Judge’s body was later carried away by a group of first responders. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 In Maren Hassinger’s hands, bits of frayed industrial wire pinned to a wall come to resemble dandelion bristles carried away by the breeze. — Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried away

Verb

Officers found an unconscious adult man who was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of transported

Verb

After a multi-year hiatus from the show, Burgess pleased the judges with her first routine with Cameron.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
The manner in which Marcos Llorente’s opener for Atletico transpired would not have pleased Andoni Iraola, even if the Spaniard needs time for his team to understand his out-of-possession demands.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pleased

Verb

Those would prove to be the final points the Jayhawks’ offense produced in a 35-24 loss to the Wildcats, a result that delighted the K-State faithful who had booed Edwards during the contest.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
And his fight against Black housing development in Newark’s North Ward delighted many of his neighbors.

— Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of delighted

Verb

When one of her for-hire guardians speaks of her past as a musician, playing the pianoforte (piano) for enraptured listeners, Adelaide is entranced.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
For the last two years, the story has entranced showgoers with its heartbreaking portrayal of an imperfect love story.

— Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of entranced

Verb

Some have questioned whether the 76ers can keep all of their stars satisfied this season, but Embiid believes the team can succeed without forcing its stars to make major sacrifices or drastically alter their playing styles.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Snapping open and shut the phone satisfied some deep, restless urge, and the same was true for the rotational flourish of the wrist involved in opening and closing the knife.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of satisfied

Verb

My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Perhaps too enchanted, as Pitt lost his date on the dance floor that night.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

The clear frontrunner was Chris Brown, a 16-year-old multi-threat from Virginia who sang, rapped, and danced like his limbs were made of gas-station inflatables.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Hill blasted out to just over 3 feet, and when Watts missed his 18-foot birdie putt, Hill quickly rapped it in and the celebration was on.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapped

Verb

On a visit to the Bargello sculpture museum in Florence, Italy, a 3-year-old friend of mine was fascinated by its statues’ naked butts.

— Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
He’s always been obsessed with historic epochs like the Civil War and World War II and fascinated with the post-war boom and the sojourns of Route 66.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026