swayed

The lines of the monkeys swayed forward helplessly, and Baloo and Bagheera took one stiff step forward with them.

The nest swayed to and fro, as they sat on the rim and cried.

But Darzee had built it out of reach of snakes, and it only swayed to and fro.

Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.