swaying
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A helpful way to picture this is a crowd at a concert where one person starts swaying and the motion spreads through the group.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
Attendees took videos of him swaying beside the night’s honoree, a 15-year-old girl in a crown and glittering ivory ball gown celebrating her quinceañera.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Intricate group choreography finds the Shakers swaying and stretching in tandem as if their hands were reaching up to pull God closer to Earth — or the congregation closer to Heaven.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Maddie's first TikTok video about baby loss - which she posted with a trigger warning - shows her and her husband in the Blossom Suite, gently swaying with Teddy while tears stream down their faces.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
The figure that blocks his path near the edge of the courtyard is transparent, appearing like a mirage in the glow of the bonfire and the gently swaying paper lanterns.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
