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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 lamp above the bed was swaying as if in a heavy draught; I remembered that it had been swaying as we entered.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax

The music ceased instantly, and the snake, whose hooded head had been swaying to and fro slowly, suddenly shot up erect.

From The Sign of Silence by Le Queux, William

He mastered the wild agitation that had been swaying him, thrust the paper that he was carrying into his pocket, and turned to go back for the treasonable letters.

From The Lion's Skin by Sabatini, Rafael