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Example sentences for: swept

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

A month ago, however, a massive wave of anti-English protest swept across this state following a governmental directive urging students and teachers of schools to converse only in English on at least two days of the week.
Change swept through Ibiza dramatically, irrevocably, almost overnight.
The highest winds in recorded history had swept through Paris, and for us it was just another night.
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.
Around 1100 b.c. waves of Dorians swept into the area on horseback.