sway
verb (used without object)
to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
have been swaying
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present perfect progressiveof sway.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Markets in Greater China have been swaying in reaction to moves by Chinese regulators to prop up the ailing property market.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Stocks have been swaying between between gains and losses as investors try to better gauge the direction of the economic recovery through the rest of the year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
The centre of interest was not a fight, they were sure, otherwise the ring would have been swaying this way and that.
From The Mark Of Cain by Andrew Lang
He really in his own person might at these moments have been swaying a little aloft as one of the objects in her poised basket.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
We could see nothing, lost the tracks, and doubtless have been swaying a good deal since—3.1 miles for the forenoon—terribly heavy dragging—expected it.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
