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By the end of the night, 100,000 people were swaying in time to Sailing as if they were genuinely adrift on the surging tides of the Atlantic.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

Because the actors were above the depths, there was all kinds of CGI mishegoss required to make their accoutrements look like they were swaying in the currents.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2018

The next, they were swaying to the psychedelic soul sounds of the Monophonics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 14, 2018

By February, downtown Seattle trolleys were swaying on these tracks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2014

“We were swaying in different directions,” I explained.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss