Swinging has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait. | |
| 2. | The lamp was swinging back and forth. | |
| 3. | France seems to be swinging left - Britain to the right. | |
| 4. | The batter struck out swinging. | |
| 5. | He got a good grip on the bat before swinging. | |
| 6. | Julio is swinging in the hammock that I hung under the old oak tree. | |
| 7. | Swinging their swords with two hands, the warriors bravely battled their enemies to the end. | |
| 8. | A hare stopped in the clover and swinging flowerbells and said his prayer to the rainbow through the spider's web. | |
| 9. | Between two trees a rope is hanging; there is a piece of board upon it; it is a swing. Two pretty little girls, in dresses white as snow, and with long green ribbons fluttering from their hats, are sitting upon it swinging. | |
| 10. | The priest reprimanded the altar boy for swinging the incense around like a lasso. |