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Example sentences for: swept

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Then, ruthless urban planner Baron Haussmann swept away almost all the medieval and 17th-century structures, leaving just place Dauphine and rue Chanoinesse (ancient home of the cathedral canons) as signs of the island’s once rich residential life.
There were points in the speech were I found myself entirely swept up in Bradley's call to political reengagement.
Holmes credits his success to the last election, in which a bevy of Democrats were swept into office.
There is also a comprehensive examination of the De Stijl (The Style) art and design movement, which swept through the Netherlands in the post-WWI period.
When the Arabs took the country from the east they brought a new religion, art, and society that swept away much of what had come before.