Sentence examples for to sway from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to impress

to persuade

to shake

to affect

to manipulate

"to sway" is a correct and usable term in written English
You can use it to mean to influence or persuade someone to a particular opinion or course of action. For example, "The speaker used emotional appeals to sway the audience to his point of view."

Dictionary

to sway

verb

To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

Sway to the music

synonyms

Exact(60)

We started to sway.

The New York Times

To sway people.

The New York Times

It has started to sway.

The New Yorker

It is expensive to sway their votes.

The New York Times

That ought to sway some swing votes.

Independent

Its newspapers try loudly to sway elections.

The Economist

Gentle persuasion is unlikely to sway them.

The Economist

That charge failed to sway voters.

The Economist

The people began to sway.

The New Yorker

There's still time to sway the vote.

The New York Times

And Mr. Linen starts to sway.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

to swing

to stranglehold

to convince

to influencing

to clout

to leverage

to grip

to roadway

to oscillation

to impact

to bearing

to weight

to dominance

to right of way

to domination

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