Example sentences for: swayed

How can you use “swayed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Two of my dictionaries inform me that the origin of the term honky is unknown, and Mr. Beresky's articulate arguments for “hunky” [IV,4] have not swayed me.

  • Her decision on the independent-counsel issue may be good or bad--but it is legally defensible, and the evidence that Reno has been swayed by political factors doesn't amount to a prima facie case.

  • Fortunes swayed to and fro for centuries, but it was not until 1212, at Las Navas de Tolosa in northern Spain, that the Christians gained their first decisive victory.

  • There are assertions that Chinese donations to members of Congress swayed Congress' 1994 vote to renew MFN.

  • There are some subjects about which people are unlikely to be swayed, and the friendly thing to do is agree to disagree.


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