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
Ten minutes into his playtime, he was being carried away in a stretcher.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Ambulances were on the scene on Wednesday morning to carry away the bodies of victims, while some community members huddled in groups on the streets.
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CBS News,
10 June 2026
Ambulances were on the scene on Wednesday morning to carry away the victims' bodies while community members huddled in groups on the streets.
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ABC News,
10 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.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for carry away
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Ambulances were on the scene on Wednesday morning to carry away the bodies of victims, while some community members huddled in groups on the streets.
—
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Ambulances were on the scene on Wednesday morning to carry away the victims' bodies while community members huddled in groups on the streets.
—
ABC News,
10 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
See All Example Sentences for carry away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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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.
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Nine patients were brought to University Hospital, and multiple had been transported by helicopter, University of Missouri Health Care PR strategist Eric Maze said.
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Textron Aviation organizes a private airlift to transport Special Olympics athletes to the games.
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There’s some heartbreaking moments where Mary’s trying so hard to please him.
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This is a solid all-rounder that will please most gamers.
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But there is a wide variety of products that address different skin concerns, from peptide serums for wrinkles to satisfying face masks to deeply hydrated skin.
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Treating this as a binary choice means optimizing for one group at the expense of the other, which tends to produce policies that satisfy neither.
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Adding secondary maturations into the bourbon lineup is likely going to divide longtime Four Roses fans, delighting some and infuriating others.
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That is probably what surprised, and delighted, me the most.
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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.
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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.
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As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane.
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Dasan Harris rapped an RBI single that beat the shift that gave OU a 2-1 lead.
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20away. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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