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Went to and fro
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swayed
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Word definitions for swayed in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sway \Sway\ (sw[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaying .] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing; cf. D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See Swing , and cf. Swag , v. i.] To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
bent backwards, as in swayback v (en-past of: sway )
Usage examples of swayed.
In Apaecides the whole aspect betokened the fervor and passion of his temperament, and the intellectual portion of his nature seemed, by the wild fire of the eyes, the great breadth of the temples when compared with the height of the brow, the trembling restlessness of the lips, to be swayed and tyrannized over by the imaginative and ideal.
She straightened, swayed, flattened her good hand against the wall to keep from falling over.
He rolled his eyes, put his hand over his heart, swayed and turned briskly to Timka.
Neither her lack of size nor the odds against her swayed her determination.
Cold enough to have trees creaking as they swayed in the slight breeze.
Stones swayed as if whatever spell had set them in place was at this moment unweaving itself, and Zacharias shrieked, flinging up his hands to protect himself, although mere flesh could not protect him against stone.
He felt it as a profanation to break upon that enchanted strain--the susceptibility of his excited nature, the Greek softness and ardour of his secret soul, were swayed and captured by surprise.
LuAnn held onto the sides of her seat and gritted her teeth as the plane rocked and swayed while it gathered speed.
Like the coils of a sidewinder, the truck and the Honda swayed back and forth across the narrow roadway, coming dangerously close to the sheer drop on the right side.
Riggs watched in respectful silence as the two shook and swayed together.
Nor did Etowan Elacca ignore the plants native to his own region of Zimroel, merely because they were less exotic: he grew the odd bloated bladdertrees that swayed, buoyant as balloons, on their swollen stems, and the sinister carnivorous mouthplants of the Mazadone forests, and singing ferns, cabbage trees, a couple of enormous dwikkas, half a dozen prehistoric-looking fern trees.
She swayed, blinked, had to struggle to keep her head from falling forward against her knees.
Sempeturn, who reeled and swayed and shook, and at last fell to his knees.
She swayed, her life blood pumping out of her, then caught her balani one final time.
Savil swayed again, caught in a sudden dizziness, and Starwind took hold of her shoulders to steady her.