Sway has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tall buildings may sway in a strong wind. | |
| 2. | Nothing could sway his conviction. | |
| 3. | In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just. | |
| 4. | Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite. | |
| 5. | The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature. | |
| 6. | From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway. | |
| 7. | Look how the trees sway in that wind. | |
| 8. | God’s blessing on all nations, who long and work for that bright day, when o’er earth’s habitations no war, no strife shall hold its sway; who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours be, who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours, no more shall foes, but neighbours be. | |
| 9. | Here AEolus within a dungeon vast / the sounding tempest and the struggling blast / bends to his sway and bridles them with chains. | |
| 10. | "Presumptuous winds, begone, / and take your king this message, that the sway / of Ocean and the sceptre and the throne / Fate gave to me, not him; the trident is my own." |