Sentence examples for a sweeping action from inspiring English sources

They are obtained by a sweeping action of a tool, which leaves negative or positive traces characterized by a cross-section with one or more constant radii.

It is a joyful style of dance, based on a circular pattern and characterized by a sweeping action from side to side.

In a sweeping action that surprised state officials, American Express suspended all 6,400 corporate cards used by state employees because of unpaid charges totaling more than $800,000, half of that overdue at least four months.

Erosion and gravel loss: This occurs from a sweeping action of traffic or free flowing water across road surface.

My partner and I do eat at the table but laying it usually only extends to a dramatic sweeping action to shunt all the papers, magazines and other accumulated nonsense to one side.

"It is dangerous and reckless to take such a broad sweeping action.

Ken Annakin, a film director with a flair for both light comedy and sweeping action films, a combination he melded in what may be his most famous movie, "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.

BEHIND THE NEWS The sweeping action followed a damning grand jury report accusing the archdiocese of a widespread cover-up of predatory priests lasting for decades.

But there was relief at such sweeping action from a country with some of the world's largest banks, one of the worst house-price bubbles and a record of dithering over failures like Northern Rock.

Even after receiving their own reprieves, the youths played a large role in bringing a reluctant president to take more sweeping action unilaterally.

By contrast, Congress is considering controlling emissions through more sweeping action, such as a mandate for renewable energy and an overhaul of building codes.