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
Frelick will always be a much better fielder and faster runner than Matos, so don’t get carried away, but the offensive games have some surface-level similarities.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Sitting with a friend on a recent visit to Father Forgive Me, two bees landed at our table and swiftly carried away a piece of my dinner companion’s ham.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Testing was considered safer there as fallout from atmospheric weapons tests would be carried away from populated areas by the wind.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Sitting with a friend on a recent visit to Father Forgive Me, two bees landed at our table and swiftly carried away a piece of my dinner companion’s ham.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Testing was considered safer there as fallout from atmospheric weapons tests would be carried away from populated areas by the wind.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
Verb
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Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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One man was pronounced dead at the scene, while two of the five injured were transported to hospitals by helicopter and are listed in critical condition, the station reported.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Six-year-old Beney, and her mum, were entranced.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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Bowyer describes himself as having grown up being guided by an industrious work ethic and a talent for cutting corners, a kid entranced by the material excess endemic to the region but out of his reach.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Dancing alone in her bedroom won’t satisfy her, especially after Hollywood claims her for a dance competition slash reality TV show.—
Eliana Ramage
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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His Coconut Grove home, as well as his wages as a city commissioner, have both been protected by the courts and cannot be collected to satisfy the judgment.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their incredible restraint and tolerance for the small, noisy bird delighted viewers.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Get the recipe > Creamy, cheesy, and satisfying, this dip is sure to please at your next late-summer get together.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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Film studios have long struggled to make adaptations of video games that please critics and audiences, and some critics have suggested video games are tough to adapt because the sheer volume of gaming content has to be condensed to fit the length of a movie.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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IndieWire has talked to people who loved or hated the film, with rarely any opinion in between and certainly never without a strong response of some kind from anyone — whether out of boredom or raptures over Aster’s in-your-face replay of our worst COVID-times memories.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 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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McKinnon, who raps under the name NBATAE, even received a call from NBA YoungBoy himself, who complimented him on his rap name while giving him words of encouragement and support.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Earl has always rapped metaphorically about his life being akin to a physical journey to a certain destination (fulfillment?—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20away. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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