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Meanings of sway in English
Synonyms
Examples for "carry"
Examples for "carry"
1
Such decisions carry political consequences, particularly in high-profile cases, legal experts said.
2
Those funds still carry a notable long position in the market, however.
3
Pollution controls carry important financial and health consequences for the United States.
4
Today however, I carry another more ambiguous, and I think positive, message.
5
The state's rules, which became effective December 11, carry possible criminal penalties.
1
Its president, Lawrence Yule, said councils would try and persuade the Government.
2
We were together in trying to persuade Tony Blair to change course.
3
To persuade the Americans to help us more in the war effort.
4
Providing, of course, she could persuade the sheikh to let her go.
5
Manufacturers said they still hoped to persuade Microsoft to reduce licence fees.
Catalan
contornejar-se Usage of sway in English
1
How come these ideas continue to hold sway, despite our best efforts?
2
Powerful professional interests, with widespread but ultimately ill-informed public support, held sway.
3
However in this remote region, ceremonies such as Sapana still hold sway.
4
Do you think pseudo-scientific claims have too much sway over public opinion?
5
The sway and influence behind Roumania controls the situation in the Balkans.
6
Sano said nothing, hoping Noguchi's love of scholarly research would sway him.
7
But so far at least, he hadn't been able to sway her.
8
Neither mercy nor reason could sway him; silver was his only measure.
9
She needed to think, to devise some argument to sway her father.
10
The tall palms began to sway and rustle in the forerunning breeze.
11
Aminta was passive as a water-weed in the sway of the tide.
12
The semicircular arch of the thirteenth century still holds sway in Provence.
13
They are the new generation who hold sway in Irish charity circles.
14
Investors are drawing parallels with the 1980s, when similar policies held sway.
15
Try to think what you'd choose if you weren't under his sway.
16
There is no common principle of popular sway recognized in the Constitution.
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Sway through the time
Sway across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
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