swayed

Example Sentences

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“The world has changed,” Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore wrote as he considered how investors have become much more swayed by CPU results than in the past.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

They were ultimately swayed, he said, by appeals from more than a thousand of the camp’s alumnae loyalists and families eager for their daughters to return this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

A Hansel-like puppet dressed in a frock made of leaves danced along to the song while fairy-like puppets made of brightly colored flowers swayed in circles around him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Sweeney said that his verdict on Borthwick would not be swayed by the prospect of the next Rugby World Cup, which is 18 months away.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

It is possible that Washington was swayed by his experience with African American soldiers who had performed far beyond his expectations.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis