I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , long , wide
▪
The house overlooks the great ~ of the St Lawrence River.
▪ single
▪ comprehensive
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Her eyes made a comprehensive ~ of the room.
▪ elegant , graceful
▪ broad , dramatic , epic , grand
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the broad cultural ~ of Flaubert's novel
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He dismissed his assistant with a grand ~ of his hand.
VERB + SWEEP
▪ make , take
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We made a wide ~ south to the River Dee.
PREPOSITION
▪ in one ~ ( figurative )
▪
Thousands of jobs were lost in one broad ~.
▪ with a ~
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with a ~ of his arm
II.
verb
Sweep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ breeze , ↑ cloak , ↑ craze , ↑ current , ↑ epidemic , ↑ eye , ↑ gale , ↑ gaze , ↑ hysteria , ↑ panic , ↑ rumour , ↑ storm , ↑ surge , ↑ wave , ↑ wind
Sweep is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bang , ↑ chimney , ↑ crumb , ↑ dirt , ↑ dust , ↑ election , ↑ floor , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ snow