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sweeping::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a sweeping glance.
a wide-sweeping view of the river.
Examples of sweeping
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There they admired a sweeping view of Kismet, the beach and Robert Moses Bridge.
From the newsday.com
Jim Klump's East Market condominiium has a sweeping view of downtown Louisville.
From the courier-journal.com
Just after prayers in the morning, she begins her first shift sweeping the ants.
From the chron.com
It's like Six Flags'Mine Train on speed and offers sweeping views of the Ozarks.
From the stltoday.com
Knowing that sweeping change is very stressful, counteract that by anticipating.
From the forbes.com
It looks as if Cal is the afterthought, a bunch of maintenance guys sweeping up.
From the sfgate.com
At this point, one cannot draw any sweeping conclusions from anecdotal evidence.
From the omaha.com
Golfers can enjoy sweeping views of the Caribbean from all points of the course.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Today, DSO officials are announcing a sweeping rollback in single-ticket prices.
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- The act of cleaning with a broom
- Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
- Ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
- (sweepingly) in a sweeping manner; "he sweepingly condemned the entire population of the country for the war crimes"
- (sweep) a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
- Brush: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
- Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard.
- (Sweep (agricultural)) A sweep, also called sweep cultivator or sweep plow, is a farm implement designed to remove unwanted weeds and other grass from the center of row crops. Often used in small gardening/farming practices, a sweep can be anywhere from 1 to 5, and sometimes more, rows wide.
- (Sweep (Blue Foundation song)) Blue Foundation is a Danish trip-hop band founded in 2000 by musician Tobias Wilner.
