Examples of “swinging” in a Sentence

adj Moving back and forth in a rhythmic way.

• The swinging chandelier cast moving shadows on the wall.
• The child watched the swinging pendulum of the old clock.
• A swinging gate creaked in the wind all night.

adj Lively, fashionable, and fun (informal, especially of a place or era).

• They reminisced about the swinging nightlife of the sixties.
• The film is set in a swinging London club full of music and dancing.
• Grandad says the swinging seaside town was the place to be in his youth.

noun The practice of couples having casual sex with other people, often as a group activity.

• Swinging became more openly discussed in the media by the 1970s.