Example Sentences

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The video was filmed in slow motion, so it seems as if the children are swaying in a gentle breeze.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

The pines are swaying at the top, then spitting the wind back out in a different direction.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

I know people are swaying different ways but I love him.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2019

It’s not clear, however, that Internet conspiracy theories are swaying massive swaths of the public today.

From Forbes • Jan. 30, 2012

Dad scoops her up too, and the two of us are swaying with little tiny people in our arms.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman