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The phrase "we were swept" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals are carried away or overwhelmed by an event or emotion, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As the music played, we were swept away by the rhythm and lost track of time."
Alternatives: "we were carried away" or "we were engulfed".
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Freezing water poured into my waders as we were swept downriver.
Last year was more of an embarrassing situation in that we were swept in the finals".
Later in the day, we were swept up in the party atmosphere of brilliant Bollywood percussionist Sivamani.
We were swept to an awaiting boat, past Port, the marina's black cat and a couple of resident bats.
Despite this, we were swept up by the exuberance of the dance numbers and the tunes in Frank Loesser's score.
I had scarcely strapped it on when he hit the gas and we were swept up in a surging river of vehicles.
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A giddy geography - we're swept from Apollo's Aegean to Cortez on his Pacific shore.
We're swept away with her on a wash of minimal synth music and trauma.
When we're swept up in the romance of leadership, we admire leaders who radiate authenticity and authority; we respect and enjoy our "real" leaders.
Whoosh – we are swept indoors like the pair of blow-ins we are, then, ah – the welcome smell of peat smoke.
Now we are swept up in the same passions that drove our ancestors to build the memorials our generation has chosen to ignore.
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