Sentence examples for became swept from inspiring English sources

Salomon became swept up in the financial services mega-mergers of the late 1990s.

During the national anthem, I became swept up in the emotion of the moment.

Like a shy actor blossoming on stage, Mr. Farley became swept up in the emotional power of the moment.

Investment houses that once dealt only in grade-A bonds became swept up in junk bond mania in the 1980s.

Mr. Nelson says he committed the stabbing because he had been drinking and became swept up in the commotion.

But by the 1960s, a brief political thaw had created fissures in Soviet society, and Ms. Bonner became swept up in a movement against the government.

Pity, if you will, well-known companies whose brand names become swept up as symbols in heated political debates.

"I think it's essential that the courts don't become swept up in a collective loss of proportion.

Azzopardi's frauds relied on a quirk of human nature: when we become swept up in powerful narrative, our reason often falls by the wayside.

As exciting as it may be to become swept up in your own brainstorm, "Road to Nowhere" suggests you would be a fool not to resist.

The multitudes who have seen the video have become swept up in an intense debate around one question: is it real?