Sentence examples for and swept by a from inspiring English sources

The courtroom was inspected and swept by a bomb-sniffing golden Labrador before anyone was allowed in.

Large plaice in almond crumb (£18) is a surprise, the fish fried into a perfect golden-crusted briquette, then halved and swept by a creamy wave of clams and langoustine.

With the tiny Caribbean republic in chaos and swept by cholera, musicians Steeve Valcourt and Jonas Attis imagined a group that could be an antidote to harsh times, an act of national regeneration that summoned the varied strands and spirits of Haitian music.

The team lost 6 of 10 on the road and then went home and were swept by a Los Angeles Angels team that had lost four straight and seven of nine heading into the series.

Hunan and Hubei were swept by a peasant revolt marked by violence against landlords and other rural power holders.

What's more, growing use of plastic-encased mines poses the ominous threat of false negatives: that real mines will remain silent-and deadly-even when swept by a metal detector.

As we were finishing them, the heavens opened and Belmar was swept by a late-spring storm.

The game-time temperature was 57 degrees, and Citi Field was swept by a breeze from the north at 8 miles an hour.

During the TPD analysis, the sample, adequately pretreated, is submitted at an increasing temperature at a constant rate and is swept by an inert gas such as helium.

That was before police opened fire on striking miners, killing dozens, and the nation was swept by a wave of industrial unrest.

Later that year, Gandhi was killed by her bodyguards, and the country was swept by a wave of rioting which resulted in the deaths of more than 2,000 Sikhs.