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Example sentences for: sweep

How can you use “sweep” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The healer will sweep the patient with a little broom made of herbs, such as sage, rosemary, and rue, believed to be effective in eliminating evil influences.
Yesterday, the NYT led with a special report alleging that the Chinese made a leap in their nuclear capability using secrets stolen from Los Alamos and that the White House attempted to sweep the issue under the rug to avoid disturbing its "strategic partnership" with China.
And what about the general sweep of the narrative?
Where the genuinely informative stage directions reside is not within the written sentence itself, but in the sweep of the preceding sentences--in the context.
But perhaps after a hundred years of skirts that liberate and expose, women will again feel the desire for fullness, drag, and bulk in their skirts; for the chance to swish, trail, and sweep; to swing heavy fabric from the hips; maybe even to lift heavy folds in front of the belly--or simply to have another way of muffling unsatisfactory legs with something that isn't pants.