sway
verb (used without object)
to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
sways
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present tense formof sway (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Settles-Bey sways to the rhythm of the bongos on a recent Sunday in the park -- but nerves are still frayed.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Putting a red pump on a can of Diet Coke isn’t going to be the factor that sways ticket sales.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
He said it “isn’t necessarily going to sway a large chunk of the electorate,” but could be important if it sways Bay Area donors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2025
Half her length, she sways her heads in air, outside her horrid cleft, hunting the sea around that promontory for dolphins, dogfish, or what bigger game thundering Amphitrite feeds in thousands.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
