Examples of “sweeping” in a Sentence

adj Wide-ranging and affecting many things at once.

• The government announced sweeping reforms to the tax system.
• The new manager made sweeping changes to how the whole department works.
• It is unfair to make such sweeping claims about every teenager.

adj Extending in a broad, continuous curve or motion.

• The road follows a sweeping bend along the coast.
• A sweeping staircase led up from the hall to the first floor.
• The bird made a sweeping turn over the lake before landing.

noun The act of cleaning with a broom.

• The daily sweeping of the shop floor was his job.
• After the party, the sweeping of the hall took nearly an hour.
• Sweeping is a quick way to keep dust out of the kitchen.