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
Ten minutes into his playtime, he was being carried away in a stretcher.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
—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
Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried away
Verb
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Fire officials later said the lifeguard remained awake throughout the ordeal and was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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Brooks was arrested and transported to the Parker County Jail.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
Verb
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Success was whatever pleased him that afternoon.—
Bob Batchelor,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
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Yet the momentary surprise was not enough to affect a single note of my playing, a fact which pleased me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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British socialite Gertrude Shilling, the mother and muse of milliner David Shilling, delighted Ascot crowds for decades by wearing her son’s fantastical creations.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Fans were delighted by the victory.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Verb
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For those discerning shoppers entranced not by fresh-off-the-runway finds (too common, too mass-produced), but, instead, garments with history and legacy embedded in their seams, these are holy grails.—
Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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When the British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s work was exhibited at the New Museum in 2017, viewers were entranced by the way her paintings reflected the deep solitude of each of her subjects.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Verb
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After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Green Dot founder Steve Barr stipulated that his group’s schools would be union represented — but that commitment satisfied only a small number of opponents.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Every young child is enchanted by the beautiful colors of the rainbow.—
Sarah Kate Ellis,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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Throughout the set, lasers, strobes and flashes enchanted the audience, visuals dancing alongside the music.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
Verb
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England have rapped Stokes on the knuckles.—
Nasser Hussain,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Dasan Harris rapped an RBI single that beat the shift that gave OU a 2-1 lead.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
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About 60 of the items on the list were lifelong dreams or adventures that had always fascinated him.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Carried away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20away. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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