| Example in Polish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Zagrodźcie drogę Henrykowi z Anglii, który omiata kraj nasz chorągwiami farbowanymi krwią z Harfleur. | Bar Harry England, that sweeps through our land... with pennons painted in the blood of Harflew. |
| Potężne prądy morskie omiatają zbocza tych gór, transportując składniki odżywcze z głębin ku szczytom. | Powerful currents sweep up the mountains' flanks transporting nutrients from deep water towards the summits. |
| Światła omiatają dach co 21 sekund. | The searchlight sweeps that roof every 21 seconds. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | opvegen,uitvagen, vegen, wegvegen | English | sweep |
| Esperanto | balai, forbalai | Estonian | pühkima |
| French | balayer, ramoner | German | kehren |
| Greek | σκουπίζω, σκουραίνω | Hungarian | seper, söpör |
| Icelandic | sópa | Italian | ramazzare, scopare, spazzare |
| Lithuanian | iššluoti, šluoti | Norwegian | feie |
| Portuguese | varrer | Romanian | mătura |
| Russian | подмести | Spanish | abarrer, barrer, deshollinar, escobar |
| Swedish | sopa | Turkish | süpürmek |