as in to transport
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
the beauty of the music carried him away
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Recent Examples of carry away
In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
More than 100 trucks and excavators and other equipment are working on the highway and more than 1,200 truckloads of debris are being carried away per day, Newsom’s office said.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
But last weekend, the biggest star in women’s college basketball was carried away after collapsing to the court with a season-ending ACL tear.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
More than 100 trucks and excavators and other equipment are working on the highway and more than 1,200 truckloads of debris are being carried away per day, Newsom’s office said.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
But last weekend, the biggest star in women’s college basketball was carried away after collapsing to the court with a season-ending ACL tear.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
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The airport may also be an attractive feature for the critical minerals’ economy, especially if processing plants are set up and refined metal products are to be transported.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Having then been transported to the hospital, he was later pronounced deceased.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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There’s a gruff lyricism to the performance that’s entrancing even when Elmer is standing up in a coffin.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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If some readers were befuddled by Mr. Holland’s strange and magical imagery, graphic artists were entranced.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Interviews with the soldiers and Russian opinion surveys show that such a truce would also fail to satisfy a large part of Russian society.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Designed to satisfy North American tastes, Nutella Peanut will blend the traditional creamy recipe from 1964 with the flavor of roasted peanuts.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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Previous videos showing young kids reacting to dads getting new haircuts, and one of a wife responding with shock to her husband shaving, have delighted the internet before.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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And two and a half centuries later, Jane’s stories continue to delight readers and inspire creators like Hornby and Langan.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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It's even claimed to reduce the creation of contrails, which will please some conspiracy theorists.—
David Szondy
May 16,
New Atlas,
16 May 2025
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Do the citizens of the United States really want food, health care, housing, clean air and water, cancer research and much more taken away from us in order to have a military parade to please the president?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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One is littered with long-dead corpses suspended in the air as if they were raptured.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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For a movie about an apocalyptic clash of vampires and gangsters, Sinners has moments of unexpected jubilance, even rapture.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Longoria rapped a couple hits in the finale of a so-so 2017 season then, stunningly, was traded to San Francisco a few months later.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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Well, this bird is still rapping at my door, for a week now.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
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