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sweep
noun as in range, extent
noun as in movement
verb as in brush off, away
Example Sentences
Members of the public have been temporarily banned from walking into the main chamber of the House of Commons after a mobile phone was found hidden there during a security sweep.
Among her contingent of Britpop fans here, she sees parallels to another group’s historic sweep of American stadiums.
But Pegula has looked back to her best during the past week and a half, sweeping aside five opponents - two of whom were two-time Grand Slam winners - in straight sets.
In what was a confounding series sweep to the Pirates at PNC Park, the Dodgers’ 5-3 defeat on Thursday was easiest to explain.
Robert F Kennedy Jr defended his leadership of US health agencies in a fiery hearing on Thursday, as lawmakers grilled him over his vaccine policies and other sweeping agency changes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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