Crossword clues for swaying
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.]
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To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
As sparkles from the anvil rise, When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
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To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
--Shak.She could not sway her house.
--Shak.This was the race To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
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To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
As bowls run true by being made On purpose false, and to be swayed.
--Hudibras.Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.
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(Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move; wave; wield.
Swaying \Sway"ing\, n.
An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; --
said of the backs of horses.
--Crabb.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The motion of something that sways. 2 An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading. vb. (present participle of sway English)
Usage examples of "swaying".
The vehicle, clumsily swaying and lumbering like some great amorfibot rousted unwilling from the dune where it had been dozing, drifted riverward and moved out over the water.
She started crying, hiccupping, swaying back and forth, clutching at the blanket.
Chalarosh stands silent, a tall thin man muffled in layered black robes, the painted mail mask swaying with his breath.
Not-boy comes back, Angelsin is swaying in her chair, yielding to the fury that had been consuming her nearly the whole while that the Chala was there.
And touched it, swaying the darter back and forth only by luck missing her own head.
It was directly below her, swinging slowly about its anchor lines, bare masts swaying to the tug of the wind.
Then with a graceful motion, the plane lifted into the air and the lurching and swaying stopped.
Only after several minutes did she slowly come around, her head swaying in long, slow movements, as though she were drunk.
LuAnn moaned and closed her eyes, her head swaying drunkenly from side to side as Riggs attacked her neck.
Riggs stood and put his hands in his pockets, leaned up against the bookcase, and eyed the gently swaying trees through the window.
He saw Guidrag dazed and swaying and sinking slowly to her knees on the deck, and the other Skandars beside her doing the same.
Valentine and struck him with stunning impact, buffeting him, swaying him, sweeping him for a moment into chaos.
Brutus leaned in against her back, feeling her warmth, and put his concerns away as he enjoyed the swaying of her body.
Mardic replied vaguely, swaying with weariness, looking colorless with exhaustion in the yellow candlelight.
Between La Dolorosa and the mainland, only the swaying bridge, a vast length of crude planks and rope, hung suspended in midair.