as in to entrance
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
There is, however, one moment which did cause Kavuma-McQueen to get a bit more carried away than usual.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Just before the deployment, there was an ugly scene at San Francisco International Airport after agents carried away a passenger, originally from Guatemala, who was waiting to board a domestic flight with her daughter.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The water is carried away in pipes where it is cooled and flows back through the system again.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Meteorologists did their job but the alarm got carried away, highlighting the need for better communication of uncertainty.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Just before the deployment, there was an ugly scene at San Francisco International Airport after agents carried away a passenger, originally from Guatemala, who was waiting to board a domestic flight with her daughter.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The water is carried away in pipes where it is cooled and flows back through the system again.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Meteorologists did their job but the alarm got carried away, highlighting the need for better communication of uncertainty.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for carry away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
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Indeed, the first iteration of Industrial Light & Magic would have probably looked very different had the likes of John Dykstra and Dennis Muren not been entranced by events on Altair IV.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Those are the stories that entrance and often delight a nation, even as brackets are busted from coast to coast.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
25 Mar. 2026
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Riverside County Department of Animal Services All of the ducks were transported to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus on Tuesday and put up for adoption beginning Wednesday morning.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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State officials have approved a private initiative to transport the whale back to the North Sea and possibly further to the Atlantic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Together in a bowl or plate, beans and greens have enough complexity and umami to please carnivores and vegetarians alike.—
Michelle Huneven,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Visited by Megan Braden-Perry Quirky, colorful interiors at the Virgin Hotel in the Central Business District are sure to please design-lovers.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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If Lowery takes just a little bit too long to get to the main event, the getting there is still satisfying enough thanks to his stars and their exceptional chemistry.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Two decades on, Christopher Nolan's cinematic magic trick still satisfies.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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The first two seasons of Euphoria delighted fashion fanatics with iconic vintage pieces and other Easter eggs.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
13 Apr. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, nonbelievers create humorous content, featuring videos of empty clothes draped over furniture or laid out on the street, suggesting they were abandoned by those who were raptured.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
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The movie follows Patty Myers (Patty Dunning), a casual Christian belonging to a theologically liberal church who's left behind after millions are raptured.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
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The offense had a quiet day, rapping only six hits for the afternoon, with the top four in the lineup going 2-for-16.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Reno Goldie Fiapoto, 26, who raps under the stage name Tear It Off Greezy, has been charged with murder and a gang conspiracy in the March 16, 2021 killing of 21-year-old Derrick McDougal.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20away. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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