sway

Example Sentences

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We get up and sway to the groove, and as we get closer, our eyes meet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The article said they were not deploying troops but pressure was building on them to do so as Tehran looks to exert greater sway over the region.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

He shifts his weight, a sway of the hips, one touch, another, a slight change of direction - and he is gone.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Moshiri and others who had worked for Chevron helped sway the CIA toward the succession plan that eventually took shape—leave Rodríguez and her security-service backers in place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the soft warm wind of the late summer.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque