Sentence examples for sweeping by from inspiring English sources
'sweeping by' is an acceptable phrase in written English
You can use it to describe something moving quickly, often in a way that creates a feeling of awe or wonder in the observer. For example, you could say "The majestic ocean liner swept by, causing everyone on the dock to stop and marvel in its grandeur."
They rushed up along the elevated tracks, tenements and new, block-long apartment houses sweeping by.
Tsyplakov sealed it with a similar goal at 14 24, sweeping by defenseman Marc Bergevin to put in Vaclav Varada's rebound that bounced into the slot.
At one point a shaky camera captures a sandbagged machine-gun post and a pickup truck of Hutu militiamen sweeping by.
The hordes of clamorous schoolchildren sweeping by on their way to the IMAX theater to gawk at the 40-foot-high orangutans and elephants barely even slowed down in the corridor.
The form of the Newmarket Classic is working out extremely well, but Ervedya was most impressive at Longchamp, sweeping by almost the entire field in the home straight under Christophe Soumillon's calm handling, and she is probably capable of a fair bit better.
1937 Senate Blocks Court Reform WASHINGTON — By a vote of ten to eight the Senate Judiciary Committee today [May 18] rejected President Roosevelt's judiciary reform program and made the defeat of the most controversial legislative issue of modern times sweeping by throwing out the multitude of compromise plans intended to soften the blow which the President had aimed at the "nine old men".
Most of the surging Straussian melodies are carried by the constantly abuzz orchestra, here conducted with sweeping energy by Kenneth Montgomery.
Early fiber exposures in the dry mill were as high as 182 fibers/cc during sweeping operations; by 1964, exposures in the mill had been reduced by 80%.
Lovely sweeping break by the nine men.
That libertarian streak surfaced quickly in July after revelations of sweeping surveillance by the National Security Agency.
That's on top of sweeping cuts by local councils to their levels of arts provision.
