carrying away

present participle of carry away

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carrying away Military rescue teams fanned out across the region, the defence ministry said in a statement, with 40 flights carrying away 420 wounded and dead. Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025 Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat. Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying away
Verb
  • Courtney is a food delivery robot from Serve Robotics, transporting Uber Eats orders typically when there’s a mile or less between a restaurant and a customer.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Combs was convicted under the Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for prostitution.
    Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This delicious jam is vibrant, not too sweet with pleasing herbaceous notes.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Undisciplined by market competition and unable to profit by creating value for customers, socialist managers focused on pleasing politicians.
    Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The popular anime franchise Berserk, based on the manga created by Kentaro Miura, has been delighting fans since the 1990s.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Just as a waiter earns a big tip by delighting guests, businesses earn healthy profits by delighting customers.
    Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For something more casual, Grigg Street Pizza slings satisfying slices, pies, and sandwiches.
    Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The finish is long, oaky, and fruit-laced leaving behind notes of spice, sweetness, and the satisfying heat of a stronger pour.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Lucky, Thornton is a source of sly humor, then entrancing with his hefty first-act monologue.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And the words, while sparse, move together with pauses and spaces to form a musical, entrancing pace or rhythm, one that is distinct from everyday speech and which the reader must be willing to follow.
    Brian Robert Moore September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the picture begins to blur before coming back into clear focus to reveal Novak, still enchanting at 92, standing in a room filled with her paintings.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window, and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But each night, Hero’s stories before bedtime prove so entrancing that Manfred fails to go through with any seducing, let alone ravishing.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sixteen years passed — an eternity by rap’s standards — as Pusha T became a successful solo artist and label executive while Malice took a hiatus from rapping to pursue his faith.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Just hours after the app’s launch on Tuesday, memes created using its AI video-generation technology were already spreading to other social networks—including, for example, a video of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rapping from the inside of a toilet bowl.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Carrying away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20away. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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