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"be swept by" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used in the passive voice to describe something being influenced or affected by a powerful force or emotion. Example: The small town was completely be swept by the excitement of the annual carnival. In this sentence, "be swept by" is used to show that the town was strongly influenced or affected by the excitement of the carnival. Another example: She was be swept by a wave of sadness as she watched her childhood home being torn down. In this sentence, "be swept by" is used to describe how the person is strongly affected by the emotion of sadness.
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At night, the space will be swept by roving spotlights, and.
The exception was 2006, when they reached the league championship series, only to be swept by the Tigers.
In the new boomtowns of China, community-oriented societies are beginning to be swept by serious loneliness.
If relatively secular Turkish society could be swept by a surge of anti-American sentiment, so, too, can Indonesian society.
Any rider still in camp or at a rest stop at closing will be swept, by bus, to the next camp — thus missing the remainder of the riding.
James, a native of Akron, Ohio, led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the finals a year later only to be swept by the San Antonio Spurs.
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Detroit, however, was swept by the New Jersey Devils.
They were swept by San Antonio.
The Nets were swept by the Lakers.
The Cavaliers were swept by the Spurs in the Finals.
In winter the islands are swept by severe winds.
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