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Definition of Swayed
1. a. Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse.
Definition of Swayed
1. Verb. (past of sway) ¹
2. Adjective. Bent backwards, as in swayback ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swayed
1. sway [v] - See also: sway
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swayed
Literary usage of Swayed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... thought it a prudent course to invent a story —to pretend that he was swayed
by a passion. He manufactured some circumstantial details. ..."
2. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1896)
"CHAPTER XXXVIII BELGIUM As David swayed over Belgian painting from 1800 to 1830,
and Delaroche from 1850 to 1850, Courbet swayed over it from 1850 to 1870. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"the judges were alternately swayed by the laws of justice and by the clamours of
faction.68 The chamberlain Eusebius, who had so long abused the favour of ..."
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