Sentence examples for ground sweep from inspiring English sources

Tribal sources in the north-east of the mountainous country have reported a build-up of government forces some say backed by American troops in anticipation of a wider ground sweep in search of al-Qaeda renegades.

During the air assault, United States helicopters carried Iraqi and American soldiers into the area to conduct a ground sweep and to block fleeing suspected insurgents, according to another high-ranking Iraqi Army officer who declined to be identified because he is not allowed to speak to the news media.

On Monday, as the ground sweeps continued, American spotters observed antiaircraft guns firing at an AC-130 gunship circling nearby.

City pulled a goal back when left-back Grounds swept in a low cross from new loan signing Lloyd Dyer.

Gatting: "You need to rotate the strike, hit straight down the ground and sweep.

As their ground forces swept almost unopposed through Kuwait, then into southern Iraq, the withdrawal became a rout.

If thrown downward or parallel to the ground, it sweeps upward to a height of 50 feet (15 metres) or more.

As the ground troops swept through, in many cases they gunned down men, women and children, sometimes mutilating bodies -- cutting off ears to wear on necklaces.

But it was the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, with its mosaic images of Byzantine rulers set against gold ground, that swept him off his feet, and provided the template for the Adele Bloch-Bauer portrait.

"Here, I began to notice that at the close of day in open-air markets, after the tables are folded and the trucks are loaded, but before the ground is swept, there's about half an hour during which a whole host of people arrive, who do their marketing once the market is over.

The scraps of hair on the ground were swept up by the final competition: the best beard contest, where girls and boys alike literally had the floor-hair glued to their faces.