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  • present participle of sway.

swaying



ADJECTIVE
dangly
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ADJECTIVE
hung
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ADJECTIVE
swinging
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




NOUN
oscillation
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NOUN
vacillation
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Swaying palm trees share the landscape behind home plate with a row of portable restrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Swaying sentiments based on space imagery alone is also unlikely to have lasting effects.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Swaying on a wire loop within a glass globe, the teardrop-shaped element refracts light, which shoots up through a sinuous metal tube and flickers like a dancing candle flame no draft can snuff out.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Swaying to Macy Gray's "On How Life Is," I read aloud Eastern karmic principles of ricocheting goodness and Confucius's reminder to hold onto kindness more than wounds.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

Swaying Aaron to keep him calm while he ate, Ivy watched the two best friends.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake




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