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Collocations for sway - verb

1. from side to side/backwards and forwards

ADVERB

gently, lightly, a little, slightly
alarmingly (esp. BrE), dangerously, precariously
The stage swayed alarmingly under their weight.
dizzily, drunkenly, unsteadily
back and forth, from side to side
He swayed back and forth like a drunken man.
The cow's udder swayed from side to side as she walked along.

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VERB + sway

begin to

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PREPOSITION

in
The curtains swayed gently in the breeze.
to
Couples were swaying to the rhythm of the music.

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2. influence sb/sth

ADVERB

easily
He will not easily be swayed by argument.

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Sway is used with these nouns as the subject:
hip, room, tree

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Sway is used with these nouns as the object:
decision, election, hip, jury, opinion, vote, voter

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