Meaning of Sway | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
   countable, uncountable
2. A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).
3. A rocking or swinging motion.
   countable, uncountable
4. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
   countable, uncountable
5. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
   countable, uncountable
6. Rule; dominion; control; power.
   countable, uncountable
7. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
   countable, uncountable
8. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
   countable, uncountable
9. Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.”

“I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.”

“Though both Mr. Knight and Mr. Hennessey view themselves as traders first, the “finfluencer” culture has flourished with the surge in online interest, and they have considerable sway.”

“[…] the slowly dawning realisation that, as the billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz put it, they have “no sway” over what they unleashed.”

“Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.”

“Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s. Military still holds sway in a democracy that has yet to mature.”

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