Swaying

Examples

• The darkness seemed to be swaying in waves across his mind, great waves of darkness plunging across his mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She sat down in her little rocking-chair before the fire, swaying thoughtfully to and fro. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The half-dark waters were sprinkled with lovely bubbles of swaying lights, the launch did not look far off. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Greek dances are rather monotonous, I am afraid, said Roylands, who found this incessant swaying a trifle wearisome. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The swaying tide swept this way, and then it fell back, and I followed its retreat. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Miss Havisham, with her head in her hands, sat making a low moaning, and swaying herself on her chair, but gave no answer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And then he was gone again into the swaying trees, following the high-flung spoor which no other human eye could have detected, much less translated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• That yell was a long one, and when it ceased the night was yet full of the swaying and murmuring of a crowd. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• High into bending and swaying branches he was borne with what seemed to him incredible swiftness, while Tarzan chafed at the slowness of his progress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Ursula was aware of the bright moon leaping and swaying, all distorted, in her eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Checker: Roland