carried away
Example Sentences
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I really like United boss Michael Carrick and the way he does not get too carried away, win or lose.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Yet he was rightly not getting carried away following his first Premier League win.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
AFP reporters saw dozens of protestors being carried away by police.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In another, a limp man partly covered in a blanket was carried away in a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Looking back at the shore, Tally realized that she’d been carried away from her camp by the river’s current.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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