Anything that found its way on to the pavement was quickly swept-up by street cleaners who were mostly old ladies with ancient witch-type brooms.
They look the part with their swept-up hairdos and Nicole Cosgrove's period-perfect outfits, and give emotional depth to their characters’ growing self-realisation.
The season's celebrations are nothing more than swept-up confetti at this point, so perhaps some serious devotion to school is in order, huh?
They had met once or twice already and he saw that, for all the old lady's natural dignity, the beauty of her eyes, the swept-up silvery hair, her gestures had a long-established habit of self-deprecation.
I loved it for its colorful cover, which depicted a rosy-cheeked woman with swept-up hair and a pristine apron smiling down upon her steaming cook pot.
Old ladies with still - good cheekbones, groomed swept-up hair and a slash of red lipstick are everywhere.
As war drew to a close, women adopted the ‘Victory Roll’, where the hair was rolled up tightly, fixed in place, and topped with a swept-up curl.
Definition of swept-up in US English:
swept-up
adjectiveˌswɛpt ˈəp
another term for upswept
Example sentencesExamples
The season's celebrations are nothing more than swept-up confetti at this point, so perhaps some serious devotion to school is in order, huh?
They had met once or twice already and he saw that, for all the old lady's natural dignity, the beauty of her eyes, the swept-up silvery hair, her gestures had a long-established habit of self-deprecation.
As war drew to a close, women adopted the ‘Victory Roll’, where the hair was rolled up tightly, fixed in place, and topped with a swept-up curl.
Old ladies with still - good cheekbones, groomed swept-up hair and a slash of red lipstick are everywhere.
Anything that found its way on to the pavement was quickly swept-up by street cleaners who were mostly old ladies with ancient witch-type brooms.
I loved it for its colorful cover, which depicted a rosy-cheeked woman with swept-up hair and a pristine apron smiling down upon her steaming cook pot.
They look the part with their swept-up hairdos and Nicole Cosgrove's period-perfect outfits, and give emotional depth to their characters’ growing self-realisation.