The Emperor of Rome sways the vast and various tribes of earth, and harmonizes the conflicting and disunited elements; thence come peace, order, law, the blessings of life.
In love, everything speaks: in a case like this, the smallest glimmer ought to throw a great light upon such a subject, since the honour which swaysour sex forbids us ever to discover all we feel.
It may indeed sometimes show a little weakness; but, after all, reason sways our passions.
No monarch sways his despotic sceptre over so numerous a population as this fell destroyer, in his unseen lurking places, "drinking up the very fountains of human life.
In spite of the passion which sways me, I have ever retained a just sense of your daughter's merit and virtue: therefore I will endeavour.
In order to humour you for once I have, nevertheless, a good mind to put a restraint upon that love which sways me.
To believe or not is usually in our own power; but the Sublime, acting with an imperious and irresistible force, sways every reader whether he will or no.
The Sublime, acting with an imperious and irresistible force, sways every reader whether he will or no.
When the year is young, what sweets are flung By the violets, hiding, dim, And the lilac that sways her censers high, Whilst the skylark chants a hymn!
His compositionsways our souls with all the passion of the terrible scenes that he depicts.
Some are getting ready to spring for the flying rigging of the brig, as it sways over their heads, hoping thus to get on board the wreck if the life-boat is crushed up.
Not in man alone, for we trace it in dogs and cats whom we know fairly well; and doubtless some similar point of honor sways the elephant, the oyster, and the louse, of whom we know so little.
He fancies himself in a vast crowd whichsways this way and that, and whose movement and doings he must obey: he fancies himself poor, orphaned, insignificant.
Now a gentle undulation sways the tranquil water and suddenly a crystal voice resounds through the crystal fluid, a nymph glides from the heights and swims below, stirring the water to new motion.
And she sways about the reef, at the summit of which dimly gleams the vein of gold; then another daughter of the Rhine plunges from the heights and joyously pursues her flying sister.
The wind which sways a forest differs from wind as a general cause only in that the latter has other general effects, inasmuch as it howls in one place, stirs up dust in another, or acts in many different ways.
When the wind sways a forest, the yielding character of the forest is as much instrumental in producing this effect as the bending power of the wind.
At the bottom a green plant may be seen waving to and fro in summer as the current sways it.
The stooping ploughman walking in the new furrow, with one foot often on the level and the other in the hollow, sways a little with the lurch of his implement, but barely drifts ahead.
Faint as it is, it sways the heavy laden brome grass, but is not strong enough to lift a ball of thistledown from the bennets among which it is entangled.
It was thickest at the end that faced the stream; at the other there was a slight motion as if caused by the current against a flexible membrane, as it sways a flag.
She covers her face with both her hands, and sways a little, as one might, who is, indeed, hurt to death.
The crowd sways to and fro, striving to catch a glimpse of the barefooted soldiers in their brilliant uniforms, or of the numerous articles borne in the procession to indicate the nature and meaning of the festivities.
Owing to the uneven character of the ground the cart sways from side to side, and produces in most people who experience the motion for the first time, a feeling akin to sea-sickness.
The man who sways a nation's conscience controls that nation's life.
The man who sways a conscience sways a human life.
It seems almost to be spoken with an audible voice, and it sways the spirit more than all things else.
Thus the Son of God, has by this example, taught us that we must judge of the worth of our outward works, nay, of all our religion, by the inward disposition or principle that sways the heart.
So long as the bough yields and sways gently--not much, but still a little--the strong winds do no injury.
It was a night of holy calm, when the zephyr sways the young spring leaves, and whispers among the hollow reeds its dreamy music.
Her song is but an accompaniment to the dance--a low, crooning melody without words which resembles the contented purring of a magnificent feline as she glides and sways with a splendid grace around the infatuated Jose.
Then the music rushes into the major, where it reels and sways like an anchored ship that must soon break its moorings.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sways" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
