Swaying Sentence Examples

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  • She glared up at him, swaying toward him.

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  • He watched her angry walk, gaze on her swaying hips.

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  • He rode as if he were part of the horse, his lean body swaying with the stride of the graceful animal.

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  • He drank long, until she was swaying and leaning against him.

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  • The reference is to the swaying motion of the violin bow.

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  • The two of them swaying along to the song.

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  • The beaches are backed by gently swaying palm trees.

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  • And then he walked away, his shoulders swaying like a pendulum with his stride.

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  • The buffalo cow faced them, her massive head swaying back and forth in warning.

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  • After long swaying between the neighbouring Rhine cities and the Swiss Confederation, it was admitted into the latter in 1501.

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  • She squeezed her eyes closed and breathed deeply, swaying.

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  • In this particular, as in his view of organic actions, Kant distinctly opposed the idea of evolution as one universal process swaying alike the physical and the moral world.

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  • Fair to say that there'll be a few kilts swaying and a few libations quaffed.

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  • The audience took an instant liking to it, which was demonstrated by the gentle swaying of bodies.

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  • Caressed by sea breezes, it offers post card views of sandy white beaches fringed with swaying palms.

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  • Politicians and governments, however, believe it to be an important medium capable of influencing public opinion and swaying voters.

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  • Another still stronger wave flowed through the crowd and reaching the front ranks carried it swaying to the very steps of the porch.

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  • Even with the safety lines, the walk across the swaying metal was like walking a tightrope.

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  • Five minutes later, gently swaying on the soft springs of the carriage, he turned to Prince Andrew.

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  • The count and Simon galloped out of the wood and saw on their left a wolf which, softly swaying from side to side, was coming at a quiet lope farther to the left to the very place where they were standing.

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  • Swaying from side to side on his long, thin legs in his fluttering dressing gown, this lunatic was running impetuously, his gaze fixed on Rostopchin, shouting something in a hoarse voice and making signs to him to stop.

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  • Makar Alexeevich was standing with parted lips, swaying, as if about to fall asleep, as he leaned against the wall.

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  • In the evenings, a canopy of stars shine over the swaying palms.

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  • We kept swaying backward and forward at an angle of forty-five degrees with no way of stopping or protecting ourselves.

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  • Plenty of hand clapping, swaying, and thigh slapping involved !

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  • Elegant fish, swaying plants and rising bubbles... Absolutely unparalleled beauty !

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  • Rhythmic and repetitive motion comes naturally to moms and dads, and it's evident anywhere you go as you witness daddy's bouncing their babies on their knees and moms swaying back and forth with babies on their shoulders.

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  • Finances. Sometimes, the swaying factor in your argument for adoption boils down to money.

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  • Have you ever noticed a mother sitting with her baby gently swaying back and forth.

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  • If you want stress relief and love the cool melodic sounds of jazz combined with a swaying Latin beat, try listening to Jobin's Meditation.

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  • Videos started circulating on the Internet in January 2007, showing Paula Abdul "swaying in her chair" during American Idol interviews and slurring her words.

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  • Her comments were often incomprehensible and she was often seen swaying or leaning with her eyes half-closed.

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  • The images of white sand, swaying palm trees, and sparkling blue waters draw millions of passengers to the western Caribbean each year.

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  • When infants first get up on their hands and knees, they make modest attempts at movement, rocking or swaying in the direction they want to go.

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  • Babies enjoy repetitive, rhythmic motion such as rocking, swinging, swaying, and jiggling.

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  • The actual moves of your feet aren't that important; a simple swaying side to side, or maybe a step-touch, is as complicated as you need to get.

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  • Observe how other people are dancing, i.e. are they drawing attention to themselves with fancy footwork or are they simply swaying a bit and moving their arms at certain points?

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  • The movements can help start labor and the swaying motions help relax the labor contractions.

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  • The second pair of swim shorts here that you may want to turn you eye towards is also from the Surf N Turf collection, but this one is done in a blue print; a tropical scene that is awash in deep blue seas and swaying coconut tress.

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  • This time, Betty is lounging on a motorcycle with palm trees swaying in the background as the sleepy sun gently sets.

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  • Everyone has seen movies and television shows that feature Hawaiian girls doing the hula with their grass skirts swaying to the music.

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  • Before too long, you will be swaying with the sounds of the ukulele and telling the stories of the ancient Hawaiians.

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  • Test the intimacy of a conversation by subtly swaying away from the other person.

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  • Krishna Pattabhi Jois began studying with Krishnamacharya in 1927 and quickly became an extension of his guru's teachings, never swaying off the main method.

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  • As you push down, make sure to keep elbows still, and avoid swaying.

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  • Music with a jumpy beat encourages happy, social interaction, whereas the slower, swaying rhythm is intended for intimacy and a personal celebration of love.

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  • There Alex took the lead as they rode into rough country, his shoulders swaying with the movement of the horse.

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  • Not even a slight breeze stirred the hot air, but the trees seemed to be swaying.

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  • He moved onto the next death dealer whose loyalty was swaying and paused before the slender woman.

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  • Memon did not yet have the men for an onslaught on Tiyan, but he might succeed in swaying their allies if the warlord was dead.

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  • Ollie was sitting on his car bonnet swaying to the beat - a true party cat.

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  • Above the entrance large kelp fronds can be seen swaying in the waves 10 or 15 meters above.

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  • The Plantation Rooms are located in two buildings surrounded by tropical, hibiscus filled gardens and swaying palm trees.

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  • Swing your forearms in the direction of the slide whilst swaying the hips in the same direction also.

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  • Or perhaps you're riding horseback through sparkling surf, with the palms swaying in the balmy breeze.

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  • Remember many nights ending with everyone having there arms around each other, swaying around to hey Jude, or masterplan etc!

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  • Became the sun, the hot sand, green seaweed anchored to a rock, swaying in the tide.

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  • Elegant fish, swaying plants and rising bubbles... absolutely unparalleled beauty!

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  • Long white whiskers shot out of the sides of their faces, swaying in the breezes caused by the opening of the main door.

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  • The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood.

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  • This woman, swaying to and fro and muttering something, was choking with sobs.

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  • Traditional dance music can't really be characterised or defined in words, as it is different depending on where in the world you go, but it generally has either a jumpy feel or a gently swaying beat.

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  • She watched as he crossed the room to the door, his broad shoulders swaying gracefully with each step.

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  • She'd almost managed to return to the zone when Darian gripped the chain at the top of the punching bag, stabilizing it before her and disrupting the swaying rhythm.

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  • A second advantage of the vestibule developed in use, for it was found that the lateral swaying of the cars was diminished by the friction between the vestibule frames.

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  • It is well known that the long-haired albino rabbit, called Angora, when at rest, has the habit of swaying its head sideways in a peculiar fashion.

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  • C. C. Hurst has shown that the long-haired and albino characters are always accompanied in heredity with the swaying habit.

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  • Swaying upward with the roll of the ship the two foremost brows came down scraping and grinding along the mole.

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  • The death of Fox, who became foreign secretary and leader of the House of Commons, soon, however, broke up the Grenville administration; and in the spring of 1807 Lord Eldon once more, under Lord Liverpool's administration, returned to the woolsack, which, from that time, he continued to occupy for about twenty years, swaying the cabinet, and being in all but name prime minister of England.

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  • The little princess went round the table with quick, short, swaying steps, her workbag on her arm, and gaily spreading out her dress sat down on a sofa near the silver samovar, as if all she was doing was a pleasure to herself and to all around her.

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  • The count jumped up and, swaying from side to side, spread his arms wide and threw them round the little girl who had run in.

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  • But now this head was swaying helplessly with the uneven movements of the bearers, and the cold listless gaze fixed itself upon nothing.

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  • The Tsar's foot, in the narrow pointed boot then fashionable, touched the groin of the bobtailed bay mare he rode, his hand in a white glove gathered up the reins, and he moved off accompanied by an irregularly swaying sea of aides-de-camp.

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  • A sergeant of the battalion ran up and took the flag that was swaying from its weight in Prince Andrew's hands, but he was immediately killed.

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  • Now they drew close to the fox which began to dodge between the field in sharper and sharper curves, trailing its brush, when suddenly a strange white borzoi dashed in followed by a black one, and everything was in confusion; the borzois formed a star-shaped figure, scarcely swaying their bodies and with tails turned away from the center of the group.

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  • Berg hurriedly jumped up, kissed her hand, asked about her health, and, swaying his head from side to side to express sympathy, remained standing beside her.

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  • Swaying his head and smiling as if amused at himself, the officer ran almost at a trot through the deserted streets toward the Yauza bridge to overtake his regiment.

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  • To get the most out of this exercise, make sure to keep your back slightly arched and leaning back just a little without swaying, as this makes sure the focus is kept on the right muscles the whole time.

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  • Pierre, swaying his stout body, advanced, making way through the crowd and nodding to right and left as casually and good-naturedly as if he were passing through a crowd at a fair.

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  • He rode across one of the swaying pontoon bridges to the farther side, turned sharply to the left, and galloped in the direction of Kovno, preceded by enraptured, mounted chasseurs of the Guard who, breathless with delight, galloped ahead to clear a path for him through the troops.

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  • With a long overcoat on his exceedingly stout, round-shouldered body, with uncovered white head and puffy face showing the white ball of the eye he had lost, Kutuzov walked with plunging, swaying gait into the crowd and stopped behind the priest.

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  • Dean momentarily opened his eyes to the swaying end of the cut line across from him.

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  • Some twenty men of the Sixth Company who were on their way into the village joined the haulers, and the wattle wall, which was about thirty- five feet long and seven feet high, moved forward along the village street, swaying, pressing upon and cutting the shoulders of the gasping men.

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  • What the other judges thought is not definitely known, but Bacon appears to have been unable to put in operation the plan he had devised for swaying Coke's judgment,' or if he did attempt it, he was unsuccessful, for Coke finally gave an opinion consistent with what he seems to have held at first, that the book was not treasonable, as it did not disable the king's title.

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