Swept and Turned

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Swept adjective - Possessing sweep.

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Turned and swept are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turned" instead a noun "Swept".

Turned adjective - Moved around an axis or center.

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Swept and turned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Swept" instead a noun "Turned".

Nearby Words: turn, turning, turner

After one of the princes asks her to dance, her life is quickly turned upside down and she's swept up into the world of royalty.

Source: Visual Novel / Be My Princess
The captain gets choked up as he talks about how the man turned to him, grinned, and said they were gonna see their kids again minutes before being swept overboard.

Source: Retirony
Fortunately for Socrates, the Tyrants were swept from power before their wrath could be turned on him as well.

Source: Creator / Socrates

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