1. moves slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side
2. influences or persuades someone to change their opinion or decision

1. a rhythmic movement from side to side
2. influence or control over someone or something

Examples

• The tall grass sways gently in the breeze.
• She sways to the rhythm of the music.
• His emotional speech sways the jury’s opinion.
• The politician sways voters with her promises.
• The sway of the ship made him seasick.
• The dictator held sway over the entire nation.
• Under the sway of peer pressure, he changed his mind.