SWAY


Meaning of SWAY in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind

The trees were all swaying in the wind.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

gently

The summer sun spilled over the gardens, the trees swayed gently , the leaves rustling like soft, applauding hands.

Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.

He was still fishing, the line plumbing the depths of the water, gently swaying in the light breeze.

The peacock silk curtains swayed gently in the breeze.

There he was silently surveying the world, swaying gently on a twig near the top of the tree!

slightly

You see, the fellow didn't walk, he had this strange mincing walk, hips slightly swaying .

The right panel dangled from its upper hinge, swaying slightly , its rusted hinge producing a soft, musical squeak.

He emerged swearing softly at himself and swaying slightly .

She held him with her eyes closed, swaying slightly .

To her horror, Agnes saw that the old woman was swaying slightly .-The Count smiled. ` Excellent!

He stood on the moonlit grass, swaying slightly , holding himself upright but still fast asleep.

The figure swayed slightly on its base, then was still.

He stood for a moment, his body swaying slightly .

■ NOUN

hold

It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway .

This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway .

opinion

These arguments have yet to sway public opinion .

Others said they have already decided who will get their vote, and the vice presidential selection will not sway their opinion .

tree

Monkeying around Above the rainforest in Kakum, the trees are swaying a little more violently than usual.

Palm trees sway on the backs of countless cotton shirts.

The dappled night shadows, the inky blue trees sway lightly in the breeze.

In the distance a few lights from Five Oaks blinked through the apple and pine trees swaying in the wind.

At the bottom of the hill, six poplar trees swayed , graceful as girls with their hair long.

The trees swayed and sighed gently in the soft wind.

Pine trees , swayed by the north wind, whisper; the bracken sighs.

Palm trees are swaying in the breeze, skies are blue and the sea is even bluer.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A light wind was making the branches sway .

Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.

Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.

Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery.

Mel swayed her hips in time with the music.

The boat swayed from side to side in the storm.

The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.

The judge was not swayed by her apology.

The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan.

But, again, he failed to sway the jury, which returned a first-degree murder verdict.

On the way I noticed that the pavement swayed from side to side and the road heaved up and down.

They groped their way to a plastic table and sat facing the swaying shadows at the bar.

We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.

We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.

Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

hold

The game afoot has gone way beyond technology into the realm of perception where Microsoft Corp holds almost total sway .

That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.

The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.

Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway .

It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway .

But even vaporized as the bond market is, it holds tremendous sway over our times.

She knew that in prison time no longer holds the same sway as in the free world outside.

Gothic art held sway , in general, for three centuries.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

hold sway

The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.

This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.

His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.

It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.

Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.

Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.

That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.

That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.

The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.

This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

No one has more sway with Congress than the media.

the constant sway of the small aircraft

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.

Nineteenth-century forms and styles held sway until the 1920s when they were replaced by their horrendous antithesis - Functionalism.

That boy had held such sway .

The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling.

The line weaves back and forth in the water, in sinister sway .

The same attitudes held sway in Vienna.

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