Sway
sway (noun) -
a. influence people
b. move from side to side, backwards and forwards
holds sway
holds sway over
holds sway in
be swayed by
still holds sway
no longer holds sway
arguments that sway people
bring people under their sway
have a lot of sway over
have a lot of sway in this part of the world
sway voters
sway undecided voters
under the sway of El Qaeda
under the sway of Venus, goddess of love
sway to the music
a rhythmic sway
the rhythmic sway of waltz music
dancing couples sway
in a trance like sway
your every step encourages you into an enticing sway
palm trees swaying in the wind
hair swaying in the breeze
sway gently in the breeze
sway dramatically
sway gently back and forth in tidal currents
worshippers sway and chant
a belief holds sway
policies hold sway
sway public opinion
sway public attitudes
sway the public
sway opinion
potential to sway opinion
one side holds sway over the other
sway jury deliberations
a state of affairs holds sway
sway the people making decisions
hold a disproportionate sway
sway other members of the board
don't carry much sway
teh sway of special interests
sway the odds in your favour
sway precariously
sway back to where it was before
Example sentences:
* Palm trees sway over emerald lawns in the blazing sun.
* I'm not sure your arguments will sway the people making the decisions.
* Witches and wizards use magic spells and potions to bring people under their sway.
* "Clutch your forehead, sway dramatically, and with wide haunted eyes, cry "Where am I?" and then weave an unsteady path out the door into the night," ordered the film director.
* The washing lines in the backyards of row after row of houses swayed gently in the wind.
* The Russians have a lot of sway in this part of the world.
* Please do not let any feelings that you may have toward either attorney sway your jury deliberations.
* "They came under the sway of Al Qaeda."
* It felt good to sway to the music, even in the dark.
* He made a bid to sway the odds to his favour.
* "When living in the jungle like this you will easily fall under the sway of tribal instincts."
* "Didn't you know that Venus [the goddess of love] holds sway over both of us?" (Source: British National Corpus)
* The large country uses its sway to encourage democracy.
* She heard the trembling and swinging of the dancers behind her and the rhythmic sway of the waltz music.
* "I could sway her to this belief or that," the handsome movie star claimed.
* Video clips of the incident aired on national TV quickly swayed public attitudes.
* All over the country similar cases can be found and a similar state of affairs probably holds sway there.
* Being a sedentary flower-like invertebrate, it is studded with dozens of bright white, pink-tipped slender arms that sway gently back and forth in the tidal currents, while it searches idly for nutrients in the sea.
* He felt the ground sway under him. Was it an earthquake or had he just fallen in love?
* Snarling, she whirled over to the small group sitting crosslegged on the rug, eyes closed and heads bobbing up and down in a trance like sway.
* The group held a disproportionate sway in senior government positions.
* We might be able to sway some undecided voters.
* The Thai Rak Thai party no longer holds sway, no?
* After his rousing speech more hopeful emotions held sway than six hours earlier.
* I will help you to sway other members of the board so we can get the necessary votes.
* The worshippers swayed and chanted together.
* Special interests don't carry much sway outside of the capital city, the poltician claimed.
* His populist policies were not designed to sway the public, the politician claimed.
* "The public may sway precariously back to where they were before."
* When you wear an Indian Sari, make sure it just touches the ground so that your every step encourages you into an enticing sway.
* "Overall, the view that blacks' success in certain sports is not chiselled out of hard work, determination and perseverance, but out of a somewhat intangible capacity called `;natural ability'; holds sway amongst coaches, managers and even amongst athletes themselves." (Source: British National Corpus)
* Ideally where these policies hold sway, social and economic conditions are improved so that individuals do not need to be dependent on the state.
* Even in the provinces where party and patronage politics still hold sway, a sizeable number of more independent candidates are likely winners.
* The protest failed to sway voters.
* While the band played, the dancing couples swayed to the sound of well-known tunes.
* The belief that you need to focus entirely on young people no longer holds sway. Health educators are increasingly turing their attention to older age groups.
* First, one side held sway over the other in the political conflict, then there was the coup and the other side held sway. My fingers are crossed that it doesn't flip back and forth like this forever.
* First, one side holding sway and then the other, which is natural.
* "In the cruise sector, giants still hold sway."
