Examples of 'had swept' in a sentence

Meaning of "had swept"

had swept ~ This phrase is typically used to describe a fast and thorough action that covers a wide area or affects many things. It suggests that something, such as a wave, emotion, or trend, has quickly and completely spread or impacted a given situation

How to use "had swept" in a sentence

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Dysentery had swept through our ranks.
Within a fortnight of her arrival the plague had swept over us.
A dragon had swept away our town.
It seemed an indescribable kind of feeling had swept across his mind.
As it had swept millions by its majesty.
Within three years it had swept the world.
Had swept away the years.
My mother had swept the area.
It had swept wings which included wood in their construction.
A curious change had swept over the court.
Survivors were found in the tree tops where the flood waters had swept them.
A land slip had swept away the path.
A smooth patch of ground clear of rock as though something had swept across the bottom.
It had swept back wings.
I felt as if a tornado had swept into the room.

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The winds had swept all the clouds and the humid fog of the summer away.
It was as if a sense of urgency had swept through the air.
An overnight typhoon had swept through the region leaving behind a mix of sunshine and showers.
And he also claimed the floods had swept snakes downstream.
Both teams had swept a series and had lost only two games in the earlier rounds.
He said thats why man who had swept had reminded him of.
It had swept into Egypt as well.
As if a storm had swept through the.
We had swept the House of the Married.
Or rather as if a tidal wave had swept between the porticos and columns.
And within a fortnight of her arrival, the plague had swept over us.
Other love affairs had swept her off to unlikely islands.
A woman fainted when she recounted how floodwaters had swept her house away.
A mare worh little had swept the regal horse off its feet.
We caught the swell from the three devastating hurricanes that had swept through the Caribbean.
For years I had swept the streets every morning as a service to my neighbors.
Rose grew ill from a fever that had swept the island.
Napoleon had swept away the Holy Roman Empire and simplified the map of Germany.
The remembrance of the husband had swept across them like a glacial blast.
The house was emptied in response to the anti-Semitic mood which had swept the town.
By this time the tide of battle had swept northward to the Philippines.
Katrina had swept ashore, and the levee had been breached.
Only a few centuries later that movement had swept the known world.
The yellow fever had swept off numbers of the old inhabitants, and the.
The greenish black vines looked as if a hurricane had swept through and torn them apart.
The truth had swept over the Administration's levee of lies.
The bleak wind of oblivion had swept over Opoa.
Early-arriving team members had swept and cleaned prior to our opening, greatly improving conditions.
It was the second straight time that Sweden had swept the dressage medals.
In fact, Keynesianism had swept the boards a decade before Romney was even born.
It was a little over a year since Tony Blair had swept into Downing Street.
Ferrari had swept the front row at Monza, a week after Vettel 's dominant Spa victory.
That great and desolating change which had swept over France in the two.
The VC had swept through, killed every man, woman, and child.
The hurricane had swept Rorangi.

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Had she dreamed of the garden so often
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