Sentence examples for sweep what from inspiring English sources

"Instead of trying to sweep what they did under the rug," he said, "this huge company in France [insisted on] historic transparency about what took place".

Rather, she wants to sweep away what she sees as Iceland's dysfunctional system.

Another day in the Korangal, with both sides making the point they made during the sweep: Do what you will.

The headwaiter or maitre d' told the writer to sweep only what fell on the floor and not to touch anything on the table, especially money or jewelry.

"It has all the sweep of what we have come to know as a major Hollywood romance, but it carries within it such a grand departure," he added.

One of Raban's objectives here is to sweep away what he calls "the brain-curdling effects of degraded late-Romanticism".

I can't say I've ever got too preoccupied by the dismal story – the music's epic sweep is what grips me.

Occasionally, he shows a preoccupation with details at the expense of sweep, but what he does is consistently vivid and arresting.

The search, which continued into Monday evening, was complicated by bouts of pounding rain, thunderstorms and bursts of hail, along with constant worries that another twister would sweep up what was left of the community.

Other couples (though not many) have sailed across the stage with such exhilaratingly legato sweep, but what other ballerina in this hackneyed pas de deux has ended phrases with such affectionate address to her partner?

If the Luftwaffe had picked on somewhere else and left the great buildings and thoroughfares of our Victorian city intact, or the city council hadn't tried its damnedest to sweep away what was left.