How to Use carry off in a Sentence

carry off

verb

• The stewards were set to stop the race when Cedillo was carried off the track.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
• The cliffhanger, the season ends with Ice getting carried off — that's not a good place to be.
  — Alex Ross, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• Mathurin sprained his right ankle in a win over the Rockets on March 9 and had to be carried off the floor.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2023
• We will get carried off that field Michael Jordan-style.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
• Díaz was carried off the field before being put in a wheelchair.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The whole show felt choreographed to overwhelm even its star, and when Lana left the stage for the final time, she was carried off, swaddled in a white sheet.
  — Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2023
• There's still the matter, though, of the lengths WhatsApp has had to go to to carry off this routine policy update.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 15 May 2021
• Ashford handed the ball off to Bigsby out of the shotgun, and the running back took the carry off left guard before cutting back to the right side of the field at the 35-yard line.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 6 Sep. 2022
• He was carried off the field and to the locker room, his face covered with a towel and shaking his head, as teammates reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Lino Mark had 14 points but was carried off in the fourth quarter after suffering cramps.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Ekeler ended three of the drives with TDs, and put Los Angeles on top 7-3 with a 6-yard carry off left tackle.
  — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2021
• Backup running back Kyle Owens had no idea his night would end this way, carried off the field on the shoulders of his offensive line.
  — Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Being a rube, though, Lucien cannot carry off the performance.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
• The smell of jet fuel came off his unit as technicians carried off a boat afterward.
  — Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
• Jefferson went 2 for 2 against the top unit on defense and AJ Green had a pair of runs to either side of the line, with a carry off left tackle gaining good yardage.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2023
• The stuff that was too heavy to carry off — large silver pieces and fancy luggage — was left behind when Spaulding vanished.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Diaz had to be carried off the field and will undergo surgery later this week, ending his MLB season.
  — Matthew Kitchen, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
• The bad news for the Clippers was when Plumlee was carried off the court by the team’s medical staff in the third quarter after a collision with Julius Randle.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• His leg buckled in a non-contact situation, and he was later carried off the field on a stretcher.
  — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2023
• Mathurin had to be carried off the floor and didn't return with what was initially diagnosed as a sprained right ankle.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
• In other words, the window in which the Adams administration could carry off such a feat may already be closing.
  — Kevin T. Dugan, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2021
• In some moments, Homotherium was a beast of terrible power and grace, able to fell young mammoths and cut off parts to carry off.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021
• Once inside, the burglars ransack the homes, carrying off cash, jewelry, even safes.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• Midway through the third quarter, Pinnacle running back Jacobie Rucker took a 3-yard carry off right guard to tie the game at 14.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
• Whether the next change-up is a dramatic chop or some Lady Godiva-level growth, one thing is certain: Jenner will carry off the look with ease.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
• With the department now overwhelmed, its ability to carry off the computer upgrade is in doubt.
  — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
• The panels were solid rail Mustang panels and would have been difficult for just one person to carry off, according to Meagher.
  — The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
• Government witnesses said Dominique freed one hand from his handcuffs and tried to hit guards, spat at one officer and then bit others as he was carried off the plane.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2023
• To carry off the part, Smith had to hold his own among several eye-catching performances and shift the film’s temperature with each appearance.
  — Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
• Minnesota is ready to exploit this if needed as evidenced by its 8.33 yards per carry off left tackle this season, second best in the NFL.
  — Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024