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UK
/nˈɒdɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈnɑdɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈnɑdɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having branches or flower heads that bend downward
nodding daffodils
the pendulous branches of a weeping willow
lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
How To Use nodding In A Sentence
- The Holy Man, with an air of supreme exhaustion and supreme ecstasy, reclad himself in his white mantle, and the faithful ones wiped their brows, and re-squatting on the ground exultantly vociferated _Allah_ about a hundred times, nodding their heads, and finally changing their cry into _Bou! Without Prejudice
- The room was nodding and chomping their clackers and chewing on the drink, mouthing every bit of taste out of it. CHASING the WHITE DOG
- The tusky but soft-hearted little brute kept nodding his round, sparsely covered head while he listened, exuding a smell of lavender-water, cigars, and gutta-percha. The Freelands
- The old lady sat nodding by the fire.
- He doesn't say a word, merely nodding in acknowledgement of Stephen's greeting.
- Holly looked up at her boyfriend, nodding at his silent agreement to her unspoken request.
- My … brother had quite a hand in brokering the accords, she said nodding across the room to a skinny bloke in a well-fitted tuxedo who was making his way onto the verandah Rose had disappeared onto. The Boundaries of Consent (1/3)
- A weak cry roused her just as she was nodding off to sleep.
- _Si, si, si_!" he cried, nodding quickly and pointing right away into the distant valley. !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War
- The three of us stood around the machine nodding wisely.