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
While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
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Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
But let us not get carried away.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The franchise drew immense scrutiny for having Sabally walk off the floor instead of being securely carried away on a stretcher.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Some of these have gone viral on social media, like the drone which was grabbed out of the air before being carried away and dumped on a mountainside at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
After the last garment was carried away, the 120,000-square-foot building sat empty for a year.
—Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The process is still ongoing and no one should get too carried away until an official announcement is made.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some people aboard a boat that possibly exploded at Haulover Sandbar on Saturday appeared to be hopping from one vessel to another in an effort to reach land while others were carried away on stretchers, according to social media posts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
But let us not get carried away.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The franchise drew immense scrutiny for having Sabally walk off the floor instead of being securely carried away on a stretcher.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Some of these have gone viral on social media, like the drone which was grabbed out of the air before being carried away and dumped on a mountainside at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
After the last garment was carried away, the 120,000-square-foot building sat empty for a year.
—Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
The process is still ongoing and no one should get too carried away until an official announcement is made.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Some people aboard a boat that possibly exploded at Haulover Sandbar on Saturday appeared to be hopping from one vessel to another in an effort to reach land while others were carried away on stretchers, according to social media posts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried away
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All three victims were transported to local hospitals for treatment, where one of the victims died from his injuries.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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She, by contrast, felt transported from herself—abducted by alien lines, written four centuries earlier, and doing their bidding.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Tax cuts and an assault on federal regulation have pleased many, even as tariffs, immigration restrictions and now spiking fuel prices and rising interest rates have kept the small business optimism index below historic averages.—
John Schroyer,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
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Again, Brunello was a man at ease in his surroundings, pleased to share the docufilm about his life and philosophies.—
Randee Dawn,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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An early example of internet-viral fame, the then-47-year-old unemployed charity worker from rural Scotland delighted viewers and judges with her powerful, angelic voice and charm.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Torres continues to show great flair in writing for Oscar winners, though, with Portman playing a mother delighted by her daughter’s interest in a step-child doll to torment.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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Those couple of weeks of the knockout rounds at Germany 2006 were like a holiday romance, where Zidane and France were entranced with one another.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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He’s entranced by his discovery even though there appears to be some kind of ominous presence stalking the space, too, never quite caught on-camera.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Personals like this one may feel like a relic—Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji, New York’s mayor and his wife, met on Hinge, after all—but love and lust have been satisfied by column inches since the 1800s.—
Zara Meerza,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then take a ride on Shrek & Fiona’s Happily Ogre After to hear how an ogre and a princess were enchanted by love.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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But Crowther’s sleuthing determines that Joyce’s novel was a regular companion of hers, and she was particularly enchanted with Molly Bloom’s closing soliloquy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Dylan Schlotterback rapped a single, advancing Osoria to second.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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Camille rapped her wedding rings on the tabletop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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But he’s always been fascinated by this heroine’s story.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2026
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The combined disgust, discomfort, ignorance, and fascination with our Indigeneity that unsettled my aunties and fascinated my cousins made more sense to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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“Carried away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20away. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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