under the sway of (someone)

phrase

: in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)

They are under the sway of terrorists.

He has come/fallen under the sway of terrorists.

Examples of under the sway of (someone) in a Sentence

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By late 1964, by then under the sway of the Beatles, those musicians were joined by drummer and jazz aficionado Kreutzmann and avant garde bassist Phil Lesh in the rock unit the Warlocks. — Chris Morris, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026

Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026

The junta controls less than a third of the country, with the rest under the sway of armed ethnic groups. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026

The new primacy of originalism under the sway of Barrett and her fellow-conservatives provides the false allure that the Court can operate as a disinterested form of artificial intelligence—ChatGPT set to colonial times. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2025