had been swaying
- past perfect progressive of sway.
Example Sentences
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Welder Vincent Brown reported to his wife that the tower had been swaying too much for work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Absorbed in Brahms, Katchen had not noticed that the chandeliers had been swaying.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old woman, who had been swaying to and fro in her chair of rushes, rose now, and laid her aged hands on the broad shoulders of the man.
From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Thomson, Edward William
Warren had been swaying back and forth gently in the darkness.
From Rainbow Hill by Gooch, Thelma
She had been swaying to and fro, and moaning in the most doleful manner.
From The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
