The cottage, too, was empty and had been swept with a broom, which he had left leaning against the wall.
Arab and Muslim communities were swept with 'voluntary' interviews that at times resulted in arrests on insubstantial premises.
Confronted with the prospect of homeless trash and limited space, the nation was swept with garbage guilt.
In recent weeks, the stock market in the United States has been swept with turmoil, swinging from gains to losses in increments of hundreds of points.
The input signal frequency is swept with the electrical relay first in the closed position, then in the open position (see Fig. 4).
Levi records how, one day, the camp was swept with excitement at the news that there was to be a distribution of new shirts, because "a convoy of Hungarians... had arrived three days ago".
Water from an aquifer, as well as better conservation, has since kept the soil in place even during dry years though this month, the same land, bone-dry once again, has been swept with dangerous fires.
In the 17th century, members of the English upper class were swept with a craze for playing consort music for ensembles of various sizes of viola da gamba ("leg viols," held, cello-fashion, between the knees).
In recent weeks, Chicago's financial community has been swept with rumors that Mr. Davis would leave to take a top position at the Bank of America, but John Keane, a spokesman for that bank, declined to comment.
