Example collocations logo

Sweep in sentence

194 examples of Sweep in a sentence

It doesn't have the romantic sweep of a Godfather movie, nor the rawness of Scarface.
I liked the sweep of it, the lengthy exposition, as well as the action at the end.
Ninth-grade physics, unlike ninth-grade biology, illustrates the grand sweep of the laws of nature, and the power of an equation to describe a vast number of different phenomena can be taught at this level.
If these bombings are meant to send a message, I will sweep it off and crush it under my feet."
Democratic countries’ political establishments seem to be in a permanent state of torpor, fueling voter demand for strong leaders who promise to smash through political gridlock and sweep away bureaucratic resistance to bold new policies.
She was born into the Dalit caste, the “untouchables,” who in former times would never have gotten anywhere near the elite, except to sweep their floors.
Hamilton’s sobering results show that, over the long sweep of history, every recession but one was preceded by an increase in oil prices, and every oil market disruption but one was followed by a recession.
G20 leaders can – and should – refuse to smile for the cameras and sweep everything under the rug.
Clinton's revolutionary proposal failed in Congress and contributed to the Republican sweep of 1994.
But any renegotiation following a Syriza victory would undoubtedly unleash a political avalanche in the southern EU that would sweep away austerity and fully reignite the eurozone crisis.
They must be addressed head-on, with a clean sweep of its leadership and a complete overhaul of its governance structures.
What we heard was a robust form of Christian conservatism unheard since the days of de Gaulle, Adenauer, and de Gasperi – and the communitarian tone helped sweep the post-communists away.
Ongoing uncertainty about renminbi devaluation is fueling fears that deflationary forces will sweep through emerging markets and deliver a body blow to developed economies, where interest rates are at or near zero (and thus cannot be lowered to defend against imported deflation).
My alma mater, Yale, used anonymity in reporting of sex harassment and rape to sweep sex-crime incidents and repeat offenders’ records under the rug for two decades, thereby protecting its own interest in preventing systematic investigation.
The WTO cannot sweep its problems under the carpet forever.
Those who in recent years assumed that they could sweep into power by disrupting Parliament and agitating against the government should take heed.
Only a solution that balances the two will guarantee the long-term growth of both peripheral and core eurozone economies, reassuring debt markets of their solvency and stemming the contagion that threatens to sweep the continent.
Many diplomats would prefer to forget the Russo-Georgian war or sweep it under the rug.
But, just as a virus can afflict the healthiest of people, a crisis can sweep up even a well-prepared economy.
Syria’s opposition leaders do not need to sweep their political differences under the rug in order to gain the international community’s support.
Arab democracy, he claims, has now become a domestic concern in the United States, which will make it hard for American presidents to sweep the abuses of friendly Arab regimes under the rug, as they did in the past.
Some data may point to politically inconvenient or counterintuitive conclusions, and politicians could be tempted to sweep it under the rug.
Yes, Castro jailed 75 independent journalists and others in an April sweep - that is the monster in him.
The Roar of the Democratic WavePARIS – Has the uprising in Tunisia sparked a new democratic wave that will conquer Egypt and eventually sweep away the authoritarian “Arab exception”?
But we have not fully come to terms with the sweep of history.
People were afraid of malevolent computer viruses that would sweep the world and destroy information and programs in the space of a few hours.
All of these air pollutants sweep into the capital city, with vehicular emissions adding to the dust that Mother Nature has already bestowed on Delhi in abundance.
This reflects a fundamental conflict between Thatcherism and Trumpism: the latter aims to sweep away the neoliberal consensus of unregulated markets, privatization, free trade, and immigration that comprised the former.
Where malaria transmission is less intense and immunities are not developed, epidemics occasionally sweep through the local population, taking a heavy toll of lives in all age-groups.
Thus, our first task is legal and judicial reform, and here we are given hope by the courage of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, which in overturning the stolen election of November 21 upheld the law and the liberties of Ukrainians against a regime determined to sweep them away.
BackNext