Sentence examples for had swept him from inspiring English sources

The Russian Revolution had swept him to the top.

He took the helm of the Booker in 2006 after a career that had swept him from literary editor of the Times to publishing director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

The great wave of his times had swept him up and dumped him in a country town, left him stranded, washed-up, a dinosaur".

Several hours later, a number of people who knew Mr. Cruz gathered in front of the apartment building where he lived, on Brook Avenue in Mott Haven, and spoke of the violence that had swept him away.

When President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt warned of a slide toward war caused by Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel, some took his words as evidence that a new wave of Arab anger toward Israel had swept him up, too.

Outlining this argument in Edinburgh was what got me into trouble in the Times, when I wondered out loud whether Corbyn fully understood the forces that had swept him to power.

He had to plant his feet firmly or the current could have swept him away.

The American experience seemed to have swept him off his feet.

IN PARIS, Shanghai and Berlin, Lord Richard Rogers's designs have swept him to the top of his profession.

He had to plant his feet firmly or the torrent of water could have swept him away.

Trump's detractors hope that the losses Saturday could signal a break in the populist momentum that has swept him to the top of the polls.