sway back and forth

to swing or bend from one direction to another. The pendulum swayed back and forth, counting off the seconds. Mary was swaying back and forth, keeping time to the music.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Owain	O-wien (Welsh, Welsh Mythology)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Alea	ə-LEE-ə	English (Rare)
Flora	['flɔ:rə]
Beatrice	be-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)	Italian, English, Swedish
Iines	EE:-nes	Finnish
Aleksandr	ah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian)	Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian