I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind
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The trees were all swaying in the wind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
gently
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The summer sun spilled over the gardens, the trees swayed gently , the leaves rustling like soft, applauding hands.
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Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.
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He was still fishing, the line plumbing the depths of the water, gently swaying in the light breeze.
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The peacock silk curtains swayed gently in the breeze.
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There he was silently surveying the world, swaying gently on a twig near the top of the tree!
slightly
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You see, the fellow didn't walk, he had this strange mincing walk, hips slightly swaying .
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The right panel dangled from its upper hinge, swaying slightly , its rusted hinge producing a soft, musical squeak.
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He emerged swearing softly at himself and swaying slightly .
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She held him with her eyes closed, swaying slightly .
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To her horror, Agnes saw that the old woman was swaying slightly .-The Count smiled. ` Excellent!
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He stood on the moonlit grass, swaying slightly , holding himself upright but still fast asleep.
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The figure swayed slightly on its base, then was still.
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He stood for a moment, his body swaying slightly .
■ NOUN
hold
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It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway .
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This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway .
opinion
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These arguments have yet to sway public opinion .
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Others said they have already decided who will get their vote, and the vice presidential selection will not sway their opinion .
tree
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Monkeying around Above the rainforest in Kakum, the trees are swaying a little more violently than usual.
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Palm trees sway on the backs of countless cotton shirts.
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The dappled night shadows, the inky blue trees sway lightly in the breeze.
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In the distance a few lights from Five Oaks blinked through the apple and pine trees swaying in the wind.
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At the bottom of the hill, six poplar trees swayed , graceful as girls with their hair long.
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The trees swayed and sighed gently in the soft wind.
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Pine trees , swayed by the north wind, whisper; the bracken sighs.
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Palm trees are swaying in the breeze, skies are blue and the sea is even bluer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A light wind was making the branches sway .
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Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
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Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.
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Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery.
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Mel swayed her hips in time with the music.
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The boat swayed from side to side in the storm.
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The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.
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The judge was not swayed by her apology.
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The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan.
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But, again, he failed to sway the jury, which returned a first-degree murder verdict.
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On the way I noticed that the pavement swayed from side to side and the road heaved up and down.
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They groped their way to a plastic table and sat facing the swaying shadows at the bar.
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We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.
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We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.
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Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hold
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The game afoot has gone way beyond technology into the realm of perception where Microsoft Corp holds almost total sway .
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That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
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The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
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Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway .
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It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway .
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But even vaporized as the bond market is, it holds tremendous sway over our times.
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She knew that in prison time no longer holds the same sway as in the free world outside.
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Gothic art held sway , in general, for three centuries.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hold sway
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The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.
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This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
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His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
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It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.
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Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
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Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.
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That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.
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That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
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The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
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This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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No one has more sway with Congress than the media.
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the constant sway of the small aircraft
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
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Nineteenth-century forms and styles held sway until the 1920s when they were replaced by their horrendous antithesis - Functionalism.
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That boy had held such sway .
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The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling.
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The line weaves back and forth in the water, in sinister sway .
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The same attitudes held sway in Vienna.