Sentence examples for swept apart from inspiring English sources

The McPhersons were swept apart, she in one direction, he in another.

Like Shakespearean drama, where fathers haunt and where siblings are swept apart by a shipwreck only to learn later that the other is still alive, Steve and Mona met only in their mid-20s.

A storm appears and the two ships are swept apart, and many days are described as passing afterwards.

Misunderstandings, unspoken expectations and harsh words flood and we are in danger of being swept apart by the current.

One is at once standing still while being swept away, standing apart while feeling immersed.

It follows the couple as they are swept up and come apart in the evolving counterculture of left-wing politics, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Waves tore apart boardwalks, and swept through streets, causing floods more than five feet (1.6 metres) deep.

Anyone else swept up in the raid — apart from Andrew Smulian, who witnessed the evolution of the case and who seemed most ripe for "flipping" and testifying against Bout — was quickly discarded.

City were in danger of being torn apart as Real swept forward to put City's back three under pressure, with midfield man Khedira twice unable to provide the end product to Ronaldo's fine approach work.

In St. Lucia, UNICEF provides aid to victims of Hurricane Tomas CASTRIES, St. Lucia, 11 November 2010 – As the fury of Hurricane Tomas' savage winds and lashing rain proceeded to tear their home apart, Michelle Francis instinctively swept up her two daughters Naphia, 6, and Janelle, 3, and clutching them both tightly under each arm, managed to escape headlong into the raging storm.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, 11 November 2010 – As the fury of Hurricane Tomas' savage winds and lashing rain proceeded to tear their home apart, Michelle Francis instinctively swept up her two daughters Naphia, 6, and Janelle, 3, and clutching them both tightly under each arm, managed to escape headlong into the raging storm.