Thesaurus results for CARRY AWAY

carry away

verb

Definition of carry away

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 Think ambitiously, but get your facts and numbers straight before getting carried away. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 He was carried away on a stretcher with a broken arm, while his mother and sister were killed. — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 29 June 2026 Another mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 One mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away. — CBS News, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry away

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away

Verb

Four-year-old Juni Wahab was entranced by the sight of the swallows and cormorants swooping low overhead and the rushing twists of water.

— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
The nation’s largest retailer has entranced World Cup tourists.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of entrance

Verb

After arresting the suspect, Rasiel Joel Carbuccia, 20, of Jamaica Plain, the two officers who were shot at were evaluated on the scene, to make sure they weren’t injured, then transported to a local hospital, police said.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Rather than constructing reactors entirely on-site, Hadron plans to manufacture major reactor components in factories before transporting them for installation.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

Definition of transport

Verb

Use up the last of those fresh summer peaches on this crowd-pleasing fruit cobbler recipe that only calls for six ingredients.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
The results are the latest sign on Wall Street that sometimes beating results isn’t enough to please investors in the AI revolution.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of please

Verb

Pharmaceutical companies rely on IQVIA's data to design studies, identify patients, recruit trial participants, satisfy regulators, and increasingly train AI models.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 July 2026
The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of satisfy

Verb

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
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

Definition of rapture

Verb

She was born five years after the record came out and was rapping along with Hov and the rest of the stadium.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 13 July 2026
One of the artists Olivier interviewed, Xang, rapped at blistering decibels to the delight and confusion of a couple hundred stylish black and brown kids.

— Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026