Sentence examples for which swept across from inspiring English sources
Hurricane San Ciriaco, which swept across Puerto Rico in 1899, killing 3,400 people.
Bad light caused the first delay and it was followed by heavy rain which swept across the ground.
Coming hard on the heels of Storm Angus, which swept across the UK at the weekend, rivers struggled to cope with the latest deluge.
The most recent was Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, which swept across the region at the end of October, but caused less damage than anticipated.
Thursley Common, near Godalming in Surrey, was thought to have lost much of its specialised heathland wildlife in the blaze which swept across its 400 acres, home to scarce birds such as Dartford warblers, nightjars and woodlarks, and a stronghold of the very rare silver-studded blue butterfly.
In that explosion and its aftermath (giant waves which swept across North America, huge forest fires, and a blotting-out of the sun that lasted for several years), not just the dinosaurs, but a large number of other species, were exterminated.
But the Upcountry, which sweeps across the island's interior and climbs the volcanic foothills of Haleakala, is another Hawaii.
On one side, the post overlooks the Kowkcheh River valley, which sweeps across land still occupied by the enemies of the Taliban.
An interesting example is the wave of differentiation in the zebrafish retina, which sweeps across the retina and expands towards the periphery.
The automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) is the first of its kind and utilises a large, 17 cm × 15 cm high-frequency ultrasound probe which sweeps across the whole breast generating images that can be reformatted into multiple planes and a 3D volume.
In post-Watergate America, the late Lawrence Kohlberg, a Havard psychologist and moral educator, developed a 6-stage theory of moral development which swept through school curricula across the country; his theory encouraged schoolchildren to renounce personal ties for higher principles.
