carrying away

present participle of carry away

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carrying away Other young men waved their hands in panic before carrying away the body. — Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026 Cameras captured officers carrying away a baseball bat as possible evidence. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The physical displacement drives the flow of CSF through the brain’s tissues, potentially carrying away harmful waste products. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 Jesse Jeremiah, 51, was arrested on suspicion of malicious destruction of railroad property, vandalism and unlawfully stealing and carrying away copper materials, jail records show. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026 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
  • Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Then the Iran war sent the prices of diesel and fertilizer soaring, which increased the costs of transporting beef and growing feed.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The menu leans into crowd-pleasing seafood and vegetable-forward dishes, but pastas and hearty mains like a pork belly with roasted new potato and pane carasau cannot be missed.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Here are the crowd-pleasing offerings sure to liven up your Thanksgiving.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Irish comedian Joanne McNally was first on stage, delighting the packed house with the woes of being single and 40.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of delighting fans by paying loving homage to the movies or winning over newcomers with an exciting fresh take on the material, the show fails on both fronts, swinging wildly from one misbegotten idea to the next.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • From bizarre medical tests to a mass phobia of beans, here are 14 surprising facts that reveal just how inventive, eccentric, and fascinating the ancient Greeks really were.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The trailer promises fascinating new characters, like one man who lives on a sailboat for most of the year.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One major addition will come through a live podcasting space on the exhibition floor, satisfying a request that creators had made for years.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • His questions about Ultron’s Sokovia massacre seem like an excellent chance to fill in Age of Ultron’s plot holes, but Ultron’s answers are snarky, not satisfying.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
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
  • The film became a staple of late-night television, entrancing viewers like a teenage Howard Ashman.
    — Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Even the Owens family’s enchanting New England home, which the internet has spent nearly three decades foaming at the mouth over, is barely seen, as much of the film takes place overseas.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Practical Magic 2 has Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman enchanting a new generation of fans, but not everyone from the original cast returned for the sequel.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Co-existing in the same composition, those visible shifts in speed, thickness, and direction carved out three-dimensional spaces of ravishing complexity and urgency.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles bring Jane Austen’s beloved heroines to life in a ravishing new interpretation of Sense and Sensibility also featuring the great Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George MacKay and Fiona Shaw.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Carrying away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20away. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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