How to Use carry away in a Sentence
carry away
verb
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Some of the protestors were arrested and being carried away in zip ties, the videos showed.
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Yun Li,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2024
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Floodwaters carried away houses, washed out highways and cut off access to towns.
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Evan Bush,
NBC News,
9 Oct. 2024
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That particular line was buried 25 feet deep, but the land eroded so much that the pipe was carried away.
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Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
10 Oct. 2024
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Creative and deeply intuitive, conversations are synchronistic at this time; don't be surprised if you're suddenly carried away by intense déjà vu.
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Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Oct. 2024
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Large storm surges can carry away homes and wash out roads.
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Leslie Shapiro,
Washington Post,
11 Aug. 2023
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When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
2 Oct. 2024
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She’ll be carried away by this luxe and crazy-soft wool cardigan.
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Glamour,
19 Sep. 2024
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But don’t get carried away with the unattainable goal of poreless skin.
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Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
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Gleaners carry away the too-small or too-large potatoes that farmers have dumped in piles by the side of the road.
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Eula Biss,
The New Yorker,
8 June 2022
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And, despite the shooting display by the Bucks, let's not get carried away.
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Emmett Prosser,
Journal Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2023
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But one day, the president’s chef got carried away with the cornmeal and added too much.
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Christina Morales,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2024
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That’s enough to carry away any and all effluent the fish release.
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Adam Skolnick,
Longreads,
10 Aug. 2020
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The globs — along with some rocks and sand — were bagged for disposal and carried away by power boat.
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Matthew Brown,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 July 2023
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Video of the site of an Israeli airstrike showed bodies being carried away amid the debris.
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USA TODAY,
10 Aug. 2024
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As the injured are carried away, a mother searches for her son.
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Julia Jester,
NBC News,
21 Dec. 2023
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The two carry away the ladder in a tender father-son moment.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
10 May 2024
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One of the waste products carried away is amyloid, the substance that forms sticky plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
26 June 2024
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Video from the site showed body parts scattered on the ground and more bodies being carried away and covered in blankets on the floor.
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USA TODAY,
10 Aug. 2024
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But a hot spring could mean the snow melts faster than the rivers and streams can safely carry away, causing downstream flooding.
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Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
15 Apr. 2023
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The sole purpose of this part of a masonry drill bit is to carry away the debris created by drilling.
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Allen Foster,
chicagotribune.com,
25 Feb. 2021
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Allow your garden predators to keep pests under control, and the breeze to carry away pests, too.
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Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2021
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Eventually he is freed and carried away as the crowds keep digging.
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Julia Jester,
NBC News,
21 Dec. 2023
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Finally, don’t get carried away with the orbital sander.
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Roy Berendsohn,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Aug. 2023
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Though Abby tries to stick to her lecture script, she is constantly carried away by her own thoughts.
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Nathan Goldman,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2023
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Football is an emotional game and fans get too carried away.
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Mike Preston,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Feb. 2024
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During a sky burial, the deceased is placed inside to be eaten and carried away by birds, with the belief that the body and soul are now dispersed to the heavens.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
20 June 2024
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The flushing would be designed to carry away any fish eggs or larvae floating in the water, Leichty said.
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Peter Krouse,
cleveland,
30 Jan. 2022
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In Japan, one man allegedly climbed down a rope to break into a store and carry away $9,000 worth of Pokemon cards, according to TheGamer.com.
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Irina Ivanova,
CBS News,
13 May 2021
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Even just 12 inches of rushing water can carry away most cars and 2 feet can carry SUVs and trucks.
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Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Apr. 2024
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Officials said tire tracks and damaged trees suggest a truck or trucks were used to carry away the 6-foot metal baskets.
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Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2022
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