SWAY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of sway in English

(Definition of sway from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of sway from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sway

sway
As a taped musician crooned a tune about love and the beauties of nature, the puppet swayed and gesticulated with realistic grace.
The investigators speculated that the latter's preferences were based on stable habits that were not as easily swayed by the framing manipulations (10).
What is fitting, then, is what moves, convinces, or sways an audience.
The computer interprets the sounds received from the three swaying microphones and responds by playing new notes over the three speakers.
Women are often said to be more swayed by their emotions, although solid scholarly research is scarce on the point at best.
The rejection of the regime and the dynamics of the opposition certainly played a part, but less so than the swaying power of the towns.
The use of body contact such as patting, rocking, stroking, walking and swaying in tempo with their singing was demonstrated.
After pinch-off of the main drop, the filament that remains sways, while elastically retracting back into the orifice, as shown in frames (d) and (e).
The remaining five, however, appears to have been swayed by one reason above all - domestic politics.
How could he really have been suddenly swayed at that meeting, there were so many different opinions expressed there.
Interestingly, the judgements of one group of children were swayed during the task.
After some discussion, the abscission lobby swayed the decision for the name of the compound in its favour; dormin lost the first round.
Any time only one voice is heard the potential for swaying others based on bias rather than well-articulated and full argumentation is a disturbing possibility.
If the incumbent wants to win extra voters in the current election, she has to win voters who were not swayed by the incumbent in the previous election.
To ensure judicial impartiality the system needs to minimise the dangers of judges being swayed or bought by any of the parties involved in a legal dispute.
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Translations of sway

in Chinese (Traditional)
移動, 搖擺,擺動, 使移動,使改變…
in Chinese (Simplified)
移动, 摇摆,摆动, 使移动,使改变…
in Spanish
mecerse, tambalearse, balancearse…
in Portuguese
balançar, oscilar, influenciar…
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ゆっくり前後(左右)に揺れる, 揺(ゆ)れる, 転向(てんこう)させる…
sallanmak, etkilemek, ikna etmek…
se balancer, osciller, influencer…
balancejar-se…
zwaaien, beïnvloeden, het slingeren…
svaje, påvirke, gyngen…
svänga, gunga, vaja…
bergoyang, mempengaruhi, goyangan…
schaukeln, beeinflussen, das Schaukeln…
svaie, svinge, påvirke…
гойдати(ся), колихати(ся), мати вплив…
качаться, оказывать влияние, склонять…
يَتَأرْجَح, يَتَمايَل…
houpat se, ovlivnit, houpání…
menggoyang, mempengaruhi, goyangan…
แกว่งไปมา, ลังเลใจ, การแกว่งไกว…
đu đưa. lắc lư, gây ảnh hưởng, sự lắc lư…
kołysać się, przekonać, wpływać na…
흔들리다…
ondeggiare, oscillare, influenzare…
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