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 But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 Once night falls and the Delta breeze carries away any remaining daytime warmth, climbing becomes a far more enjoyable experience. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 On the day of the move, 20 family members gathered as the house that had stood on the homestead since 1914 was carried away. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 The club, the fans and the media let themselves get carried away dreaming about the possibilities of club president Florentino Perez’s latest galacticos project. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry away

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away

Verb

The view is equally entrancing in the evenings, when the water is cast in shades of gold and the sails of felucca boats trace a timeless scene on the horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
In the front hall, guests might be entranced by the view up a floating staircase to a catwalk set against a sloping wall of glass, or to the mysterious circular skylight, diminutive and off center, like a wormhole.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of entrance

Verb

Smaller cargo drones transported emergency medical supplies into areas inaccessible to conventional rescue vehicles.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Collecting and transporting wet, smelly food waste also requires specialized logistics and infrastructure that many countries lack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of transport

Verb

Sports events and fun activities with kids plus casual get-togethers will please you.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Each dish at Manhattan’s Atomix pleases the senses and comes with a menu card articulating its inspiration and how it’s rooted in Korean culinary history.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of please

Verb

An evening spent learning something absorbing can be satisfying simply because the world feels a little less familiar afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
However, public clouds don’t always satisfy the legal, operational and security requirements of a sovereign environment.

— Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of satisfy

Verb

Trains run throughout and between each display, delighting the smallest New Yorkers especially.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
The cynic in me delights at how Elon Musk piddled away more than $450 million of his billions on all those losing Republican candidates.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of delight

Verb

At one point in the official music video, Rock appears to be bathed in a holy light and raptured up to heaven, only to be deposited back on stage in his Tupac T-shirt fronting a rock band featuring a gospel choir.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of rapture

Verb

Rappers rapped about that, because the fantasy was having the mansion and the yacht.

— Angel Diaz, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
The clear frontrunner was Chris Brown, a 16-year-old multi-threat from Virginia who sang, rapped, and danced like his limbs were made of gas-station inflatables.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026