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Meanings of wide sweep in English

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Usage of wide sweep in English
1
The soul needs air; a wide sweep and frequent change of it.
The House of the Seven Gables
2
This is only another proof of the wide sweep of moral forces.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
3
He made a wriggling mark, then a wide sweep, then a loop.
The Forest
4
He flung his hand in a wide sweep to include everything in sight.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
5
Presently I reach the silent pool, where the stream takes a wide sweep.
The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse
6
The steamer was moving off, taking a wide sweep to follow the channel.
Their Pilgrimage
7
The creek broadened, opening out into a wide sweep of a stagnant lagoon.
Tales of Unrest
8
The wide sweep of sky above them was not entirely blue, he noted.
Star Born
9
She turned to it proudly, and her right hand made a wide sweep.
Miss Gibbie Gault
10
He dazzled their eyes with a wide sweep of his sword.
The King of Ireland's Son
11
Is it not wise, then, to give a wide sweep to our aspirations?
The Good Time Coming
12
At the corner he swung around in a wide sweep.
Stubble
13
Jean indicated the forest beyond the village with a wide sweep of his arm.
Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer
14
But ahead of us the wind rushes across a wide sweep of the lake.
God's Country—And the Woman
15
I took a wide sweep round, and there is no path within fifty yards.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
16
The man answered, with a wide sweep of his long arm toward the northwest.
Bob Hampton of Placer
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Wide sweep through the time
Wide sweep across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common