Definition: 1. Controlling influence. 2. Pitching dangerously to one side. 3. Move back and forth or sideways. 4. Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. 5. Win approval or support for. 6. Cause to move back and forth.
Use 'sway' in a sentence:
1. Despite all the reliability upgrades, with 70-mile winds, the trees will not just sway but come down on poles and wires.
2. The sway of the pail caused some milk to spill out.
3. These cheerful little trams, dating back to 1873, chug and sway up the towering hills with bells ringing and people hanging from every opening.
4. South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold sway.
5. A hard-core group of right-wing senators had hoped to sway their colleagues.
6. Sway Character of Ship and Its Effect to Radar Angle Tracking.
7. Yet the theory continues to hold sway.
8. She leads a second horse, an old sway-backed mare.
9. Do not let new facts or opinions sway you.
10. He's easily swayed.
11. He was quick to exploit those who fell under his sway.
12. Shall we sway backward and forward, Mary, as if we were dervishes?
13. It was a slow, pulsing rhythm that seemed to sway languidly in the air.
14. That feeble boy swayed and fell.
15. The country swayed precariously between Christianity and paganism.
16. Bad elements hold sway, while good people are pushed around.; The bad eggs wielded power， while the good people were oppressed.
17. The branches were swaying in the wind.
18. While he has emotions, they never sway him from his own financial self-interest.
19. The branches swayed gently in the breeze.
20. They danced rhythmically, swaying their hips to the music.
21. The technology industry was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors.
22. Branches sway gently in the wind.
23. Don't let anyone else's opinions sway you.
24. The branches of the trees are swaying in the wind.
25. With palm trees swaying over almost a mile of sparkling sand, there is no better place for you to let loose entirely and simply sway along with the breeze.
26. His head swam and he swayed dizzily.
27. The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
28. At this moment the crowd began to sway and struggle, and voices shouted,"It's him!"
29. I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
30. For people who earn that much or more, individual temperament and life circumstances have much more sway over their lightness of heart than money.
31. I started to sway.
32. The swaying motion of the ship was making me feel seasick.
33. The 'families' are the basic units, each holding sway over a recognised territory.
34. Her body swayed in time with the music.
35. Vicky swayed and fell.
36. The yacht swayed in 40-knot winds, clocking speeds of 17 knots at times.
37. Clearly, Japanese carpenters of the day knew a few tricks about allowing a building to sway and settle itself rather than fight nature's forces.
38. "Their main defense is basically hanging on the tree, looking like a twig," Brock said, "it will even sway in the wind."
39. Let the rest of your body move and sway as it needs to.
40. They hold sway in oil, gas, tourism and telecoms.
41. The whole boat swayed and tipped.
42. How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections.
43. This is because the attachment that American Jews feel to Israel is too weak, in most cases, to sway their vote.
44. On the other, the new generation can find it more difficult to advance an argument that typically holds little sway to a nevertiree.
45. The sovereign holds total power over all the institutions of civilian and ecclesiastical life, holding sway over a kind of peaceable kingdom.
46. Powerful traditional chiefs hold sway over more than 15 million people in rural areas.
47. She wasn't swayed by his good looks or his clever talk.
48. The people swayed back and forth with arms linked.
49. They swayed back and forth, more or less in sync with the music.
50. Rebel forces hold sway over much of the island.
51. She swayed giddily across the dance floor.
52. The trees were swaying in the wind.
53. Calder learnt how to find the precise point to connect each wire so that all the pieces will sway in harmony.
54. Don't ever be swayed by fashion.
55. The flowers were gently swaying in the breeze.
