English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language

sway English

Meaning sway meaning

What does sway mean?
Definitions in simple English

sway Verb

— If you sway, you move slowly from side to side

sway

— verb (= rock) move back and forth or sideways the ship was rocking the tall building swayed She rocked back and forth on her feet — verb (= swing) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner He swung back — verb (= carry) win approval or support for Carry all before one His speech did not sway the voters — noun controlling influence — verb (= rock) cause to move back and forth rock the cradle rock the baby the wind swayed the trees gently — noun (= rock) pitching dangerously to one side

Synonyms sway synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sway?

sway English » English

swing rock shake wave stagger wobble totter oscillate influence reel waver roll flutter lurch affect control tremble rule persuade brandish wabble vibrate teeter induce heave flicker dominion careen authority vacillate tilt power pitch dangle wag unsteady swag domination convince be unsteady waggle supremacy stumble reign lumber along jurisdiction jolt hang govern fluctuate

Topics sway topics

What do people use sway to talk about?
Language and thought Want

Influence
Language and thought Want Influence

Persuade
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Language and thought Want Influence

Control

Conjugation sway conjugation

How do you conjugate sway?

sway · verb

Examples sway examples

How do I use sway in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite.
Tall buildings may sway in a strong wind.
Look how the trees sway in that wind.

Movie subtitles

God's word is a rock in happiness and misery Firmly it stands where mountains sway.
The ghosts of executed criminals are in their service, but the living too may fall under their dreadful sway.
But I suppose he'll sway the Senate as he always has.
Sway up on them halyards. and you needn't be afeared of parting them.
Sway up that mainsail!
Come on, sway her up.
Vainly attempted to sway, as he once did the destinies of a nation that had ceased to listen to him ceased to trust him.
If I hadn't fallen under the sway of these criminals, perhaps I could have prevented this.
I want to be sure that nothing, nothing whatsoever can sway you.
Follow me where pagan spirits hold sway, where lithe natives dance on a moon-enchanted isle, where palm trees sway with the restless ocean tide.
They sway the destinies of men.
If anything, it would sway me the other way.
And don't sway.
That's a sly use of psychology to sway the jury.
Her claims of innocence, her tears and her lies are all an act to try to sway you.
You see the walls of the rooms waver and sway.
Sir, if you have some sway over your mistress, Mrs Decrey, advise her to send me what I'm owed soon.
It should strike me here, at the knees, lower, lower so that when I walk, it'll sway.
He was trying to sway my vote.
You wouldn't let a consideration like that sway you unduly.
Or seek to rule, supremacy and sway when they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Get rich, get healthy, get set for a happy old age in sunny Florida, where the palm trees sway and the girls all wiggle and dance.
Yes. Sway, sway your big hips.
Don't sway it. Thank you very much.
But a small minority holds sway by means of terror and violence.
No, you can't sway me.
Well, you really sway!
I couldn't sway them.
Don't let the director sway you.
I can sway them.
I like the sway of your hips.
But, since she recently became so greatly obligated to you, it is not so impossible that this should sway her from her resolution.
His Earth-centered universe held sway for 1500 years showing that intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

News and current affairs

Whether that will sway American voters wary of financial turmoil on November 4 remains to be seen.
But the partnership between a beloved American pastime and the biofuel lobby also marks the latest attempt to sway public opinion in favor of a truly irresponsible policy.
Why are these antitrust tools not used against today's megabanks, which have become so powerful that they can sway legislation and regulation massively in their favor, while also receiving generous taxpayer-financed bailouts as needed?
A Supreme Court dominated by conservative factions has selected judges and prosecutors, and Afghans have little legal redress in a system that allows local commanders, who hold sway over the judiciary, to act with impunity.
But, with the advent of debt securitization, creditors have become far more numerous, and include hedge funds and other investors over whom regulators and governments have little sway.
Much depends on whether the West retains its sway in other parts of the world.
Another apparent advantage is Germany's large financial reserves, which not only cushioned it from the crisis, but also conferred upon it considerable political sway.
From the 1950's to 1980's, for example, psychoanalysis held sway among US psychiatrists.
Minority ethnic groups are therefore often able to sway the balance of power between major competing forces.
Although Britain was a beacon of democracy in the twentieth century, it did not extend this principle to an empire that held sway over more people and territory than any previous world power.
Lula's victory offers an opportunity to reconsider the neoliberal answers that hold sway despite their failures.
Catholicism in its heyday combined a fairly decentralized administration, under the sway of stand-alone bishops, with a uniform set of beliefs.
Consolidation of Russian strategic power would limit the scope of China's sway.
There was a need for such terms back then, because their crackpot counterparts held much greater sway in general discourse.
Thus, the two candidates' campaigns are focusing heavily on a dozen or so states in which voters are closely divided and could sway the electoral college outcome.
Only Silva's initial proposal included calls for institutional reform of monetary policy and financial regulation; and it is far from certain that her endorsement of Neves in the run-off will sway his view should he win.
Indeed, most banks were under the sway of the central bank.
Moreover, the Snowden affair reinforces the perception that the US is losing its sway in South America.
In reality, the New York Fed has always had disproportionate sway; not all regional Fed presidents are created equal.
As a result, a veritable allergy to assessing the constitutionality of any law has long held sway.
If a reformer is to win he must prove that he will be able to sway Iran's political structures toward a reform agenda.
One way to ensure that a friendly regime holds sway in Kabul after the US withdrawal would be to introduce into the governing structure a group with close ties to Pakistan.
America's sway in Iraq will be limited, but leaving now would actually make it more effective than it is now, and at much less cost in terms of money and American, allied, and Iraqi lives.

Are you looking for...?

swage engine | swab | swai | swag | swad | swage machining | swabbed | swabbie | swain | Swahili | swabby | Swabe
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA