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Meanings of sweep over in English

Catalan
aclaparar

Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

        aclaparar
        Usage of sweep over in English
        1
        Regardless, the armies of Muad'Dib would sweep over them and continue onward.
        Paul of dune
        2
        He had finally said it, and he felt relief sweep over him.
        Danielle Steel
        3
        She ignored them and let the chill night wind sweep over her.
        Angelopolis
        4
        Hold aright the storms that sweep over, bear the tempest far away.
        The Secret of the Creation
        5
        Rojka felt a wave of weariness sweep over him at the reference.
        Envoy
        6
        Fred Skane took a final sweep over the Park through his glasses.
        The Rider in Khaki: A Novel
        7
        Suddenly something like a birch broom seemed to sweep over the squadron.
        War and Peace
        8
        A shudder seemed to sweep over his whole body at the recollection.
        The Idiot
        9
        Dreams sweep over him, issuing from the fabled gates of shining ivory.
        Twenty-One Days in India, or, the Tour Of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B.; a...
        10
        The win gave the Hornets a four-game season sweep over the Pistons.
        Reuters
        11
        She felt a great wave of penitence and shame sweep over her.
        Judith of the Plains
        12
        He kept his eyes moving in a practiced sweep over the ground.
        Lost in translation
        13
        Alas, that blight, war and desolation should sweep over such a home!
        Choice Readings for the Home Circle
        14
        And so the sands sweep over his steps upon the shore of time.
        The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
        15
        The Warriors completed a second straight season-series sweep over the Pelicans.
        Reuters
        16
        Dimly Arcot felt a wave of sleepiness sweep over him; he yawned prodigiously.
        The Black Star Passes
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        Translations for sweep over
        Catalan
        aclaparar
        Sweep over through the time
        Sweep over across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common