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

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

  • Partway through the pursuit, Tyrande is swept away by a river while helping a group of Blood Elves to retaliate against the Undead.  - Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
  • Terrified, the engineer jumps into the chemical plant's waste pound lock to escape Batman and is swept through a pipe leading to the outside.  - Batman: The Killing Joke
  • He sacrifices himself when he swims after her and both of them are swept away, along with others.  - Earthquake (film)
  • Mitch saves him but they are both swept away with the current.  - City Slickers
  • While outside the city King Syphax has been captured, Maciste and Fulvius are swept up with other prisoners within Cirta’s city walls.  - Cabiria
  • McLeach fights and fends off the crocodiles, but when Joanna reaches the shoreline, McLeach is swept over the waterfall to his death.  - The Rescuers Down Under
  • She imagines herself swept off her feet by Gary, the camp counselor.  - Little Darlings
  • Later, she meets Lester on a train bound for San Francisco, is swept off her feet, and, after a brief courtship, marries him.  - Sudden Fear
  • Alec himself is swept overboard by a gigantic wave.  - The Black Stallion (film)
  • During the night, the remaining rafts are swept away by the rising river.  - Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Tigger bounces all of his friends to safety in the tree branches, but is swept away by the snow himself.  - The Tigger Movie
  • While fleeing with some of the mined gold, Larsen is swept to his death in an avalanche.  - The Gold Rush
  • She eats the cake, shrinks to a tiny size, and is immediately swept along into a flood caused by her own tears.  - Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)
  • The Sherpa porters accompanying them were earlier swept away by an avalanche, triggered by one of them who carelessly fires a handgun.  - Lost Horizon (1937 film)
  • They are soon swept into the world of dr Frank Furter, a self-proclaimed "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania".  - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • San tries to stop Okkoto, but is swept up in his demonic corruption.  - Princess Mononoke

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