Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sweeping or comprehensive manner.
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- adverb In an
encompassing manner.
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- adverb in a sweeping manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He makes the kind of sweepingly elegiac statements about the supposed deceased that one makes at a time like that, but is more memorable for the bitter and generous asides about his own family life that make those journals so incredible:
Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2009
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He makes the kind of sweepingly elegiac statements about the supposed deceased that one makes at a time like that, but is more memorable for the bitter and generous asides about his own family life that make those journals so incredible:
More on Updike: His Own Elegies Omnivoracious 2009
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But .... we're pulled along by the intensity of this sweepingly cinematic story.
The Weight of Heaven: Summary and book reviews of The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar. 2009
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It moves slowly and sweepingly, from Hester Prynne, ca. 1850, to Michael Vick, ca. 2010.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Why Reality TV Is the Best Place to Reinvent Your Image Simon Maxwell Apter 2010
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has picked up the story of my subpoena, characterizing it as “sweepingly broad.”
Waldo Jaquith - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press joins in the subpoena fray. 2009
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It moves slowly and sweepingly, from Hester Prynne, ca. 1850, to Michael Vick, ca. 2010.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Why Reality TV Is the Best Place to Reinvent Your Image Simon Maxwell Apter 2010
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It moves slowly and sweepingly, from Hester Prynne, ca. 1850, to Michael Vick, ca. 2010.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Why Reality TV Is the Best Place to Reinvent Your Image Simon Maxwell Apter 2010
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It moves slowly and sweepingly, from Hester Prynne, ca. 1850, to Michael Vick, ca. 2010.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Why Reality TV Is the Best Place to Reinvent Your Image Simon Maxwell Apter 2010
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But .... we're pulled along by the intensity of this sweepingly cinematic story.
The Weight of Heaven: Summary and book reviews of The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar. 2009
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It moves slowly and sweepingly, from Hester Prynne, ca. 1850, to Michael Vick, ca. 2010.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Why Reality TV Is the Best Place to Reinvent Your Image Simon Maxwell Apter 2010
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