as in transported
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
the beauty of the music carried him away
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Recent Examples of carried away
As for an outright upset here, let’s not get carried away.
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Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
No one should get too carried away and expect Rodgers to have that kind of performance week in and week out.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
During the most recent climbing season, according to a recent report from AFP, Airlift’s drones carried away 660 pounds of trash from the mountain’s Base Camp 1.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Frelick will always be a much better fielder and faster runner than Matos, so don’t get carried away, but the offensive games have some surface-level similarities.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Sitting with a friend on a recent visit to Father Forgive Me, two bees landed at our table and swiftly carried away a piece of my dinner companion’s ham.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In an email, the Milwaukee Police Department said the department needs to know where Flores was last seen in the water or being carried away by water in order to conduct a search.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Testing was considered safer there as fallout from atmospheric weapons tests would be carried away from populated areas by the wind.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
No one should get too carried away and expect Rodgers to have that kind of performance week in and week out.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
During the most recent climbing season, according to a recent report from AFP, Airlift’s drones carried away 660 pounds of trash from the mountain’s Base Camp 1.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Frelick will always be a much better fielder and faster runner than Matos, so don’t get carried away, but the offensive games have some surface-level similarities.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Sitting with a friend on a recent visit to Father Forgive Me, two bees landed at our table and swiftly carried away a piece of my dinner companion’s ham.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In an email, the Milwaukee Police Department said the department needs to know where Flores was last seen in the water or being carried away by water in order to conduct a search.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Testing was considered safer there as fallout from atmospheric weapons tests would be carried away from populated areas by the wind.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried away
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He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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Nurses found Smirnova in the bathroom washing blood from her hands in the sink, while Kravtsov was transported to an area hospital, according to the complaint.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lincoln coaches were anything but pleased with all the critical calls which seemed to go Mission Viejo’s way.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Archie is carried out to the car in his bed, pleased with his decision.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The group, which features members all wearing terrifying masks — something that delighted millions of fans at the turn of the millennium and scared plenty of others — is back on the Billboard charts, not with new music, but with the full-length that started it all.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The video has delighted the internet, leading to more than 373,400 views and over 97,200 likes on TikTok at the time of writing.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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White’s anthology series has entranced viewers since its premiere in 2021.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Six-year-old Beney, and her mum, were entranced.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He was sentenced to 50 days in jail, which has already been satisfied by time served following his arrest, and five years probation.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Packers satisfied a major need by adding an elite pass rusher.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Giant revisits a pivotal moment in the life of Dahl, whose beloved books — from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach to Matilda and The BFG — have enchanted generations of young readers and inspired blockbuster stage and screen adaptations.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Taylor and Travis corn maze will open on Saturday and folks at Johnson Farms hope the visitors will be enchanted.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Earl has always rapped metaphorically about his life being akin to a physical journey to a certain destination (fulfillment?—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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To give some perspective, when Jay-Z rapped those lyrics in 2017, Sylvester hadn’t yet released a shoe with Jordan.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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That kind of content always fascinated me, both sides of it, actually, the victimology and the perpetrator’s perspective.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Carried away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20away. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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