Betekenis van:
sway

Voorbeeldzinnen

1. Nothing could sway his conviction.
2. Tall buildings may sway in a strong wind.
3. Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite.
4. From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway.
5. The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature.
6. 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.
7. Vehicle and pantograph sway interfaces with the Infrastructure subsystem.
8. The geometry of the pantograph head is also fundamental to assure good interaction with the overhead contact line, taking into account vehicle sway.