How to use "sweeping" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sweeping" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meanwhile, Travis finds the dog in the back of his car and a military/police force is sweeping the area for the escapees.  - Watchers (film)
  • His efforts eventually led to sweeping reforms in the Florida mental health system.  - Chattahoochee (film)
  • Soon, the menace from the west reveals itself: a robot army is sweeping across the American Midwest.  - Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
  • Indoors, Lucy finds the tombstone of "Jacob Tess Freudstein" while sweeping the hallway.  - The House by the Cemetery
  • The statue of the admiral is installed in the Circus Maximus, and Nautilus and the soldiers are reduced to sweeping the arena.  - Asterix and Obelix All at Sea
  • He is the dynamic, but manipulative leader of the children, organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields.  - Turtles Can Fly
  • But the German advance is sweeping across France and Hornet Squadron has been reduced to a mere handful of Hurricanes still intact.  - Piece of Cake (novel)
  • In July 2007, North Korea faces heavy turmoil as a result of heavy famine sweeping the country.  - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
  • The building is deserted at night, with only a janitor sweeping up.  - Black Orpheus
  • They give up training and spend all their time having elaborate parties, washing their uniforms and sweeping the whole area.  - Asterix at the Olympic Games
  • The book begins with the French army sweeping into Milan and stirring up the sleepy region of Lombardy, which was allied with Austria.  - The Charterhouse of Parma
  • Perelman, however, feels uneasy recommending such a sweeping plan based on relatively little data.  - A Mind Forever Voyaging
  • A sweeping description of the formation of the North American continent.  - Alaska (novel)
  • Equality 7-2521 accepts his street sweeping assignment as penance for his "Transgression of Preference" in secretly desiring to be a Scholar.  - Anthem (novella)
  • Radio reports explain that a wave of mass murder is sweeping across the eastern United States.  - Night of the Living Dead
  • dr Rieux consults his colleague, dr Castel, about the illness until they come to the conclusion that a plague is sweeping the town.  - The Plague

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