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Meanings of swaying like in English

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Usage of swaying like in English
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The frail youngster, swaying like a reed, made a low moaning sound.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
2
Six moved around the desk, her hips swaying like willow withes.
Unity
3
The creature pushed to its feet, swaying like a newborn calf.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
4
It floated in non-ambitious swaying like a plastic boat on ripples in a bathtub.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
His form was swaying like a reed on the edge of the cyclone's path.
Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
6
Great vans carrying enormous piled-up loads advanced swaying like mountains.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
7
Unsteadily I rose to my feet, but found myself swaying like a drunken man.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
8
Deprez, with his hands at his temples, swaying like a tree in a gale.
Broken angels
9
They staggered to our door, swaying like masqueraders on stilts.
Say you're one of them
10
The point struck the edge sending the ring swaying like the pendulum of a clock.
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
11
Denise would not sit, but stood shaking and swaying like a reed in a mistral.
The Isle of Unrest
12
She was swaying like one of those zombies waiting on the edge of the road.
Mutated
13
Martin stepped back, and for a moment stood swaying like a man about to fall.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
14
As he spoke he recollected his position and found himself swaying like a drunken man.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
15
His voice was judicial, but I saw his great frame swaying like a shambling ox.
Montlivet
16
We climbed a few steps, which were already swaying like a boat in bad weather.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common