Sentence examples for swept against from inspiring English sources

Dragged inland by an incomprehensible power, she had managed to hold on to Adi until she was swept against a tree and, for a dark, swooning moment, felt her boy underwater and her grip weaken.

Although the event became infamous within local surfing circles, at least one surfer was hospitalized after being swept against rocks, and several others required rescue.

However, at around 01 00, while evacuating the final casualty, the boat came under fire again from North Korean snipers and sank after being swept against a concrete piling.

Fatigue was determined as the point when a fish could no longer maintain its position against the current and was swept against a mesh screen downstream of the tunnel and could not remove itself for three seconds ( video S1).

The new man Peter May tried to sweep against the spin and was bowled round his legs for a duck.

I will still look to come down the pitch and hit them over the top, and I will still look to sweep against them.

When I was in Athens last month, police commanders influenced by the Golden Dawn agenda launched the modern country's largest ever sweep against migrants, deploying scores of police to check the residence papers of dark-skinned, foreign-looking people.

Cutting the seamers and looking to hit straight or slog-sweep against Bishoo, he farmed the strike when partnered with last-man Anderson to add 33 for the 10th wicket.

Van Exel was 10 for 23 from the field against the Raptors, who swept both games against Denver last season.

Then, of course, there was Wednesday's election, in which Blatter swept to victory against himself.

College softball: No. 8 Salisbury (14-3) swept its doubleheader against visiting Houghton (5-9) in a pair of five-inning games.