While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
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Sweeps
Synonyms for "sweeps" (22 found)
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16 entriesarc sweeparea surveychirpdust sweepfield sweepfloor sweepfull sweephallway sweeplinear sweeplogarithmic sweeplong sweeprange scanroom sweepthree game sweeptwo game sweepwide sweep
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9 entriesarc sweepcomplete sweepfull sweeplong sweepseason sweepsweep of changesweep of historysweeping motionwide sweep
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She always sweeps the floor clean.
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She sweeps the room with a broom.
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When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.
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