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Discover LudwigThe phrase "held sway" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a period of time during which something was dominant or influential. For example, "The dictator held sway over the country for many years before being ousted from power."
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Yet randomness held sway.
The writer held sway.
In city politics, the Democrats held sway.
Multicolored street-level distractions instead held sway.
"Instead, the developers held sway".
The fear of lawsuits, however, held sway.
The argument appears to have held sway.
Assorted Fiats held sway in Italy.
For the masses, the big holiday still held sway.
Even on Wall Street, authority ranking held sway.
Eyeliner's bad-girl reputation has held sway ever since.
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