carry away
verb
carried away; carrying away; carries away
1
: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm
The girl was carried away by her pity.—
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillExamples of carry away in a Sentence
the beauty of the music carried him away
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—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
He just got carried away by the crowd of people.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
He just got carried away by the crowd of people.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
For one YouTube video, Piper pretended to break her leg and have a stroke and was carried away in a fake ambulance.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carry away
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carry%20away. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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