verb
1 from side to side/backwards and forwards
ADVERB
▪ gently , lightly , a little , slightly
▪ alarmingly ( esp. BrE ), dangerously , precariously
▪
The stage ~ed alarmingly under their weight.
▪ dizzily , drunkenly , unsteadily
▪ back and forth , from side to side
▪
He ~ed back and forth like a drunken man.
▪
The cow's udder ~ed from side to side as she walked along.
VERB + SWAY
▪ begin to
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
The curtains ~ed gently in the breeze.
▪ to
▪
Couples were ~ing to the rhythm of the music.
2 influence sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
He will not easily be ~ed by argument.
Sway is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ hip , ↑ room , ↑ tree
Sway is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ decision , ↑ election , ↑ hip , ↑ jury , ↑ opinion , ↑ vote , ↑ voter