Sentence examples for swept towards from inspiring English sources

Another pogrom swept towards Horodok after the failed Russian revolution of 1905.

The family fled Syria three years ago, as the fighting swept towards their village and cut off the children's education.

The impressive Kim Bo-kyung escaped on the right flank and delivered a low centre that Campbell swept towards goal.

Up to 1m Ivorians have fled the fighting.Mr Gbagbo's position has looked increasingly precarious since late March, when Mr Ouattara's supporters launched an offensive that swept towards Abidjan.

Commenting on his co-star's interpret-ation, Caine recalled that Olivier hadn't seemed to be doing much, and then great waves of acting had swept towards him.

Mr Ouattara's troops may have behaved as badly as their opponents; there are reports that they burned villages and raped and killed civilians as they swept towards Abidjan.In its heyday, Abidjan was hailed as the Paris of Africa.

As baseball fields go, there aren't many better views than the one from AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, on the edge of the bay as it sweeps towards the Bay Bridge and close enough to McCovey Cove there is always the temptation for anyone in the batter's box to add their name to the list of sluggers who have sent one into the water for a "splash-hit".

Your front leg should have a curved "down and out" sweep towards home.

And then the sled spat down and around, swept on towards Zig- Zag, where Werner Zahn had lost control.

Since that first match, Amir has swept on towards his goal of regaining his place in the Pakistan team.

Around 1,700 soldiers surrendered to IS in June after its fighters seized second city Mosul and swept south towards Baghdad.