as in to transport
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
the beauty of the music carried him away
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Recent Examples of carry away
Even just 12 inches of rushing water can carry away most cars and 2 feet can carry SUVs and trucks.
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
One protestor, Lynne McFarland, was arrested by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers earlier this month and later carried away from her seat and to a patrol car.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
One man did just that Refugees might have endured a soaking and even abided the frigid temperatures, but the combination spawned an array of fluxes, fevers and flus that carried away hundreds of them.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mariska’s two brothers, injured, were carried away from the scene.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 June 2025
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
One protestor, Lynne McFarland, was arrested by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers earlier this month and later carried away from her seat and to a patrol car.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
One man did just that Refugees might have endured a soaking and even abided the frigid temperatures, but the combination spawned an array of fluxes, fevers and flus that carried away hundreds of them.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mariska’s two brothers, injured, were carried away from the scene.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry away
Verb
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The woman was treated for a head and leg injury on site before she was transported in an ambulance to a local hospital.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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She was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, Bessette said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Seven decades after first becoming entranced by country music and Western culture, former Beatles drummer and storied rock frontman Ringo Starr finally made his Grand Ole Opry debut on Friday evening.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Of note is the incorporation of vocabulary from Ivan’s archaic Norm language, a special touch that entranced me.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Chickpea Cookie Dough Chickpea cookie dough is high in protein and sure to satisfy a craving for sweetness.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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To satisfy presidential demands, field offices are directed to meet new daily arrest quotas—75 arrests per office—raising agency-wide targets to 1,200–1,500 arrests per day, up from only about a few hundred.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Thus far, the administration has managed to fend off initial court challenges, maintain arrests at a steady clip, and generate images of a ruthless crackdown in a liberal bastion that delight the president’s supporters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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Jackson had been delighted by the number of young people who had turned out, a perennial goal for august cultural institutions.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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The models keep getting bigger, the marketing keeps promising more, but a fundamental mismatch remains: a system trained to please can't deliver the reality check that therapy sometimes demands.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
Verb
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IndieWire has talked to people who loved or hated the film, with rarely any opinion in between and certainly never without a strong response of some kind from anyone — whether out of boredom or raptures over Aster’s in-your-face replay of our worst COVID-times memories.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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One is littered with long-dead corpses suspended in the air as if they were raptured.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Just rapping their lives — very impressively — atop nearly as accomplished production.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Camara and China Walker began rapping while at Los Angeles’ Alexander Hamilton High School.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
8 July 2025
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“Carry away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20away. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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