swayed
Example Sentences
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Perhaps swayed by all the social-media love for Delta’s Shake Shack collab in first class, I ordered the burger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I’m not swayed by flattery, just as I’m not affected by insults. ... I’ve faced the most attacks in my own country, not abroad,” Barton confessed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"The office swayed violently side-to-side. I was afraid it would collapse. Everyone panicked," Hara said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Its long, wispy branches swayed in the breeze and brushed against the car, like a curtain, shrouding us in privacy.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
