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The crowd on the beach cried out as the ship rolled and a huge wave swept over it, carrying the men into the rushing water.

In this year, a low-budget film swept over the country, making it a "Myth" in the movie industry.

As she swept over the threshold toward him, Mrs. Weasley was revealed, bobbing along in her wake, looking rather cross.

far offshore in the middle of the night, the ship to the center of the lake, when suddenly a storm of wind, the waves swept over the boat.

Soon all four were huddled on top of the car's battered roof, trying to hold on as the water swept over them, rising higher and higher.

She swept over the garden like a shadow, and like a shadow she sailed through the grove.

A strong impetus was given to the reform by the appearance of the plague, or Great Death, which swept over Switzerland in the year 1519.

Heads turned when they came in, and a murmur, barely audible, of astonishment and pleasure swept over the church.

Job hopping was less during the last two years as the financial crisis swept over the country.

Snape swept over to Goyle's cauldron and scooped out the twisted black remains of the firework. There was a sudden hush.

The last reason for the many sea voyages of this period was simply the great spirit of adventure which swept over the people of Europe.

Suddenly, I noticed one of the large crosses on the hallway wall and a feeling of immense dread swept over me.

Hundreds of dead bodies are being found among the buildings, cars and ships swept over the low-lying rice fields by the tsunami.

Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.

Michael and off to the side, saw his quick penetrating glance as his eyes swept over everybody nearby.

It formed last autumn when four storms, three of them hurricanes, swept over the poorest country in the Americas in the space of a month.

Oh, and I've been sky diving, cliff diving, rafting on Class V white water, and I was even swept over a waterfall once.

During the fourteenth century a plague known as the "Black Death" swept over Europe.

I looked closer and fear swept over me as I saw what looked like a long knife in his hand.

The wave of independence that swept over the continents terrified zoo officials in the United States.

The briefing shows that drought and ecological catastrophe swept over the whole locality, and followed by a slack economic.

The wind swept over the valley.

Dust swept over the area again in black clouds that covered the sun.

The quake churned up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country.

We hit a low stretch at top speed, and water swept over the car as he blasted through.

Marissa Cooper sat on a bench in a small, deserted park, huddled against the cold wind that swept over theGreenHarbor wharf.

They say the men may have been swept over a cliff by 100 mile an hour winds.

Rebel units drove into the city from several directions and swept over the feeble resistance mounted by the government's troops.

China's accession to the WTO, the tide of globalisation will swept over the whole culture industry market.

darts of bright light shot asunder , darkness swept over the center of the lake.

Indonesian police say 13 people are feared dead after a landslide swept over several homes and a small mosque.

His eyes swept over the fields and saw a dam in the distance.

The shadow then swept over Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia before moving over the Indian Ocean.

The panicky mind-set that has swept over investors since last summer has made credit become harder and harder to get.

The utterly clear gaze of those brown eyes swept over me like warm rain "; "

Along with wave of the aging swept over the world, traditional system of the pension fell under impact.

A spasm of resistance and rebellion seized and swept over her.

Her glance swept over that sea of coloured flannel blouses of the audience.

The revolutionary waves swept over the whole of Europe.

Immediately a wave of indignation at this affront swept over the country.

The rebellion swept over my home district and reduced it to ashes.

An indescribable electric shock swept over us as we realized who it was.

The storm of revolution swept over the country.

A feeling of admiration swept over her.

As I began, the picture of my Adams and Jefferson speech in college swept over me.

A visible shudder swept over her.

A storm swept over the whole country.

A wave of panic swept over her.

The wave swept over the deck.

A storm swept over the country.

A wave of fear swept over her.

A chill of horror suddenly swept over him.

A wave of loneliness swept over him.

A happiness swept over him.

A wave of anger swept over him.

At that moment, a surge of water swept over Hughes.

The storm at the end of 2008 not only swept over Wall Street, but also brought a economic rheum to the world.

waves of anger at the unfair treatment that had brought him to his present position swept over him

suddenly something swept over the squadron like a broad broom

a sense of relief has swept over you

the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,