English example sentences with "sway"

Tall buildings may sway in a strong wind.
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Nothing could sway his conviction.
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In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.
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Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite.
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature.
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From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway.
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Look how the trees sway in that wind.
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God’s blessing on all nations, who long and work for that bright day, when o’er earth’s habitations no war, no strife shall hold its sway; who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours be, who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours, no more shall foes, but neighbours be.
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Here AEolus within a dungeon vast / the sounding tempest and the struggling blast / bends to his sway and bridles them with chains.
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"Presumptuous winds, begone, / and take your king this message, that the sway / of Ocean and the sceptre and the throne / Fate gave to me, not him; the trident is my own."
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"Now, to ease thy woes, / since sorrow for his sake hath dimmed thine eyes, / more will I tell, and hidden fates disclose. / He in Italia long shall battle with his foes, / and crush fierce tribes, and milder ways ordain, / and cities build and wield the Latin sway, / till the third summer shall have seen him reign, / and three long winter-seasons passed away / since fierce Rutulia did his arms obey."
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"Whether ye sail to great Hesperia's shore /and Saturn's fields, or seek the realms that own / Acestes' sway, where Eryx reigned of yore, / safe will I send you hence, and speed you with my store."
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"Not oft-blamed Paris, nor the hateful charms / of Helen; Heaven, unpitying Heaven to-day / hath razed the Trojan towers and reft the Dardan sway."
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Strange news we hear: A Trojan Greeks obey, / Helenus, master of the spouse and sway / of Pyrrhus, and Andromache once more / has yielded to a Trojan lord.
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The prelude to summer rain is always the same: dark clouds, a warm, humid wind, an open window and curtains which begin to sway in the breeze.
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France wasn't the first foreign power to hold sway of Algeria.
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When the knees sway, it is the feet that clink.
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Analysts say it is one more strand in the ever-expanding web of transportation channels pulling China and Southeast Asia closer under the banner of Beijing’s sprawling Belt and Road Initiative while boosting China’s sway across the region.

The inefficiency is due to the bear's large body and thick legs. Because of this, bears sway from side to side when they walk.

Whatever anyone says to me, my emotions will not sway.

The wind made the trees sway.

The wind made the ship rock and sway.

The wind blew the branches of the tree crosswise, making it sway.

Cornfields sway in the breeze.

The whole bridge began to sway.

The whole bridge started to sway.

They saw the branch sway gently.

The palm leaves sway in the wind that is blowing from the sea.