Sentence examples for were sweeps from inspiring English sources
verb
To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
(Before this year, and after 1918, the Red Sox played twenty-four post-season series, twenty-one of which either went the distance or were sweeps).
"Under Bratton there were sweeps where the police and the D.E.P. would go after vehicles and stake out certain communities for a weekend in the summer.
Patriots' First-Down Tendencies If you are wondering about the nature of those runs: 41 percent came between the tackles, 23 percent went off tackle, and 36 percent were sweeps around left or right end.
While three of the four quarterfinal series in the Major League Soccer playoffs were sweeps, both semifinals will require a third and deciding game for the right to play in M.L.S. Cup 2000 on Oct. 15 in Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington.
Two major changes adopted by Coastal Command were sweeps over convoy routes and sweeps against U-boat transit routes.
Top managers were swept aside.
Cars were swept away like bath toys.
