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.
Her compositions featured decorative motifs inspired by nature, nodding to the mysterious world of fairytales and their enchanted gardens. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes held him steady and he breathed deeply before nodding in assent.
Among the other species are broom groundsel, James' catseye, narrow-leaf gromwell, narrow-leaved penstemon, needle and thread, nodding buckwheat, rubber rabbitbrush, and yucca.
Nodding firmly, Junko casually tossed the dress back into the box and followed her uncle into the kitchen.
She just let the woman blather on for a few minutes, nodding or smiling when it seemed appropriate to do so. GALILEE
And I could almost see Katrina nodding sadly, her long, black hair rippling with her movement like a black mantilla.
It's a cosy, less effete way of nodding to the trend. Times, Sunday Times
Nodding across the room to where a man stands, face beneath his old tweed hat unmemorable enough to be a forgotten acquaintance. THE ONLY GAME
Oh, Joe's got plenty of nerve -- of the right sort!" called a brakeman, and Joe, nodding at him, recognized a railroad acquaintance who had been present at some of the town ball games. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles
Nodding again, Bishop takes a swallow of cold San Pellegrino before continuing.
They cleared the crest and emerged from the pool as if into another world, for now they were in the thicket of velvet-trunked young madronos and looking down the open, sun-washed hillside, across the nodding grasses, to the drifts of blue and white nemophilae that carpeted the tiny meadow on either side the tiny stream. Chapter XXIV
He sat in front, nodding encouragement and urging the boy on.
Easier than asking - as you sat in the social media choir stalls nodding at agreeable voices - what the hell you missed. Times, Sunday Times
Nodding, he arched a shaggy eyebrow at me sloshing coffee into a cup.
‘That one over there,’ he said, nodding at a solitary figure in the distance which tripped and stumbled along the edge of the main road.
I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
He doesn't say a word, merely nodding in acknowledgement of Stephen's greeting.
On one side of this could be seen a coloured portrait of the Sovereign in the bersagliere uniform; a fierce military glance shot out of his eyes from under that helmet whose plume of nodding feathers made it look three sizes too large for his head. South Wind
‘Oh, and look at that,’ he said, elbowing me and nodding toward a woman wearing tight ski pants.
Each stem carries up to 10 nodding sulphur coloured flared bell shaped flowers, growing from a base of deep green foliage that has attractive mottled markings.
‘Oh, and look at that,’ he said, elbowing me and nodding toward a woman wearing tight ski pants.
Though a relatively recent convert to card playing, Vincent has mastered all the tokens required, winking, nodding, tongue twists and body gyrations.
He got embarrassed and kept nodding his head as the people continued to applaud. Christianity Today
Rarely has a generation's problems been put so succinctly, and so head-noddingly, into song. JamBase
For the next act of our little drama I sat silently while she complained, nodding my head so much I looked like a sufferer of rampant titubation.
‘Unfortunately, with no wind, this course is a doddle,’ McHenry says, nodding toward the leaderboard.
Most of the wolves were nodding to each other and conversing in wolf speech, which consisted mostly of growls, grunts, barks and howls.
Christie lifted up her tear-stained face, nodding her head.
They began nodding enthusiastically and exchanging meaningful glances. The Sun
The immemorial mile of cheap foul doggeries remained, but business was dull with them; the multitudes of poison-swilling Irishmen had departed, and in their places were a few scattering handfuls of ragged negroes, some drinking, some drunk, some nodding, others asleep. Life on the Mississippi
He kind of swiveled his body to the right, nodding toward the cabinet, Ed Sullivan style — back to the guests, around the room one face at a time, and when his eyes fell again on the Rev. Beuhler — and it came to him, just like that. Ezekiel Rising
Nodding and smiling at Mr. and Mrs. Blyth, and Zack, till her vast country bonnet trembled aguishly on her head, the good woman advanced, shaking every moveable object in the room, straight to the tea-table, and enfolded Madonna in her capacious arms. Hide and Seek
Common-wealth wee further charge and command by the vertue of our absolute authority, that no man bee found winking, or pincking, or nodding, much lesse snorting, upon paine of forfaiting twelve pence, as for infirmity. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
The record doesn't want you to just kick back and listen, preferring to taunt you from your chair via head-nodding blues punch-ups and brawling rock 'n' roll.
Another over-watchful Newbury "awakener" rapped on the head a nodding man who protested indignantly that he was wide-awake, and was only bowing in solemn assent and approval of the minister's arguments. Sabbath in Puritan New England
There are moments of humor, such as a scene where a sales representative makes a call on Blake, who is nodding out in a spaghetti-strap dress.
Jim walked warily into the drab institutional room, nodding to the inhabitant.
DO you find yourself nodding off in the front room or spending your spare time in the shed? The Sun
At just before seven minutes in, the band settles into a chill mid-tempo groove conducive to minor head-nodding.
Giles relaxed into a smile, nodding toward the guards.
Merely nodding his head as an enjoinder to be careful. Formations.
He put his nose closer and smelt it, nodding at the pleasant fragrance.
She just let the woman blather on for a few minutes, nodding or smiling when it seemed appropriate to do so. GALILEE
She glanced across the room and for a second, she fancied that she saw Emily Bronte, an unreadable expression on her face, nodding her approval.
It's a cosy, less effete way of nodding to the trend. Times, Sunday Times
Her compositions featured decorative motifs inspired by nature, nodding to the mysterious world of fairytales and their enchanted gardens. Times, Sunday Times
A crowd will slowly build around you, faces immobile, sometimes catching your eye, nodding.
I stared at him warily before nodding and scooting back towards him.
Mack swallowed the alcohol with a satisfied gulp before nodding.
Hyde tried to struggle upright, his chin slimy with saliva, and the slaughterman pushed him back on to the straw, nodding. THE LAST RAVEN
The first snowdrops are nodding their heads under the trees on sodden lawns. Times, Sunday Times
His first glimpse of her, on Class Day, in a white gown and a hat that to his manly indiscrimination looked as guileless as a sheaf of poppies nodding above the pale-yellow hair that had the sheen of corn-silk, had been a vision that stirred in him heroic promptings. Judith of the Plains
About half the crowd were silver-haired, sitting politely in rows, nodding at the testimonials being offered from the podium covering the vast breadth of Rankin's career.
Then I press the blade of the laryngoscope against the pink taste buds, slipping the tube in place and nodding once. Between Expectations
Presumably you mean the nodding dog in the insurance ads? Times, Sunday Times
Not conversation by any civilized standard, but a kind of a mussitation, the prisoner’s half-mime half-whisper, under the nodding eye of an orderly. At Swim, Two Boys
There is also a "parallactic" libration, depending on the earth's rotation; and a species of nodding movement -- the "libration in latitude" -- is produced by the inclination of the moon's axis to her orbit, and by her changes of position with regard to the terrestrial equator. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
Hudson, nodding at the little pile he had left on her desk while she titivated herself for her own dinner. Two Weeks To Remember
Violet by a mossy stone, 469. glowing, 248. here and there a, 428. in the youth of primy nature, 129. of his native land, 632. oxlips and the nodding, 58. throw a perfume on the, 79. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
He got embarrassed and kept nodding his head as the people continued to applaud. Christianity Today
He adjusts his glasses, nodding at the names of stores and designers tripping off Sonja's lips. THE SAVAGE GIRL
When I tailed off he sat nodding, like a doctor considering a diagnosis.
About half the crowd were silver-haired, sitting politely in rows, nodding at the testimonials being offered from the podium covering the vast breadth of Rankin's career.
It is important to realize that the head should go forward in relation to the spine - as though nodding the head in affirmation.
Most of the wolves were nodding to each other and conversing in wolf speech, which consisted mostly of growls, grunts, barks and howls.
The man arose to his feet, coughing from the smoke which had been driven into his lungs, and nodding approval. CHAPTER 4
I sighed quietly and looked over at Quinn, before slipping my hand from Jordan's and nodding toward the open door.
The kid joined in laughing at anything that wasn't Christian, nodding along and asking questions. Science Is Nifty
Rico continued to give various tips and instructions, Chris nodding his understanding throughout the lecture.
But Stewy seemed to take the comment quite seriously, nodding in sombre sympathy as he tuned up his twelve string.
The man gave a tight lipped smile, nodding as he downed half the drink and lost his breath.
Why don't you use that agonizer on yourself?" he snarled, nodding at the tiny device hanging in wait on Oben's belt. Firestorm
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I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
I shouldnt be nodding my head in affective agreement with Tara on gender, Fred on Personal Profile Blogging and Internet StockBlog on Google vs Yahoo. Zillow my Pillow. Sleep gets Funding.
Dix stood alone, still nodding in apparent self-congratulation at what he considered his discovery of Colonel Heather's secret life. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
The result was a whitewash defeat that had the crowd nodding off. The Sun
Although dangerous, then, as a doctrine in practice, the admission of nodding is a logical extension of principle.
In single file, their ostrich plumes nodding, their leopard skin tunics contrasting curiously with the marble and arabesqued metal of the ancient palace, they moved across the wide room and halted momentarily at the golden door to the left of the throne-dais. The Conquering Sword of Conan
The senior shook his head incredulously; Iglesias shook his head noddingly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
She has only a nodding acquaintance with the issues involved.
I plunked down my cash, all the while admiring the plant with its white flowers so much like the heads of a gaggle of nodding geese.
Nodding, the frown deepened, yet the Queen seemed satisfied with the answer.
Cranston was now quietly nodding, belching softly and smacking his lips.
It's quiet, the woman's out, the kid's asleep, and I am nodding over a notebook and tea, wearing fuzzy slippers.
Handing some money over, and nodding politely, she headed for the exit.
He's nodding slyly at the secular sanctity of the pub.
Nodding, the aide nearly tripped over his own feet in his haste to comply.
Nodding, I stood, letting the robe fall in soft folds around my body.
IT was lovely, thought Mrs. Miniver, nodding good-bye to the flower-woman and carrying her big sheaf of chrysanthemums down the street with a kind of ceremonious joy, as though it were a cornucopia; it was lovely, this settling down again, this tidying away of the summer into its box, this taking up of the thread of one's life where the holidays (irrelevant interlude) had made one drop it. Mrs. Miniver
We -- you 'n me -- are no more to them selfish creturs in there "-- nodding backwards at the passenger cars --" then the ingine that draws' em. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories
If you are having trouble nodding off, camomile tea before bedtime may help. Times, Sunday Times
Either you agree with my last pick, and you've been nodding your head ever since reading ‘The Wall’ in boldface up above, or you're too old and too deaf to care.
Arthur looked at me sharply, like he had gotten the message, and agreed by relaxedly nodding his head. Humanistic Nursing
I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.
Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt a sudden embarrassment; there was Middlemarch
He got embarrassed and kept nodding his head as the people continued to applaud. Christianity Today
One section of the garden is devoted to wildflowers, bluebells nodding gently in the breeze, surrounded by cowslips and violets.
He was nodding toward the booth of the Detroit Super Bowl Host Committee, which featured a couch and a fireplace.
Dans sa chambre, answered the frotteur, nodding and dancing. Paris Lions and London Tigers
He led her to the elevators, nodding hellos to various service people in the lobby.
Marcus reciprocated the farewell gesture by slightly nodding his head and slowly blinking his large, intelligent eyes.
Nodding furiously, he furiously began to start serving the meaty soup to the peasants.
Believe me, there is a big difference between what is traditionally known as controlled crying and allowing your child to lie in his bed, grizzling for a while before nodding off.
“No,” he said curtly, nodding to the carnifex, “you die a traitor.” CONSPIRATA
Why are you nodding if you disagree?
The salesman at the counter though said not a word merely nodding toward a door behind him.
But way, for a blind bottle-head, did not ye ask the guineas? and I kept winking and nodding a the time, and the donnert deevil wad never ance look my way! Chapter XLIV
A bee, overtaken in his busy pilfering by the obliterating dusk, hung on a nodding mountain flower, unfearful above the cañon's emptiness. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail
Tiring at last of this diversion, he turned his attention to his sleeping companions, and being in a condescending humour, and observing that the lankiest of the two sleepers was nodding at him, the humorous greyhound raised his front paw and passed it over the face of the slumberer, who thereupon murmured heavily, "Pah! don't taste it, your honour! A Hungarian Nabob
The stereotypical view of Calvinist divines has them all nodding their heads in a ringing ‘yes, indeed.’
His expression brightened at the new arrival, nodding with enthusiasm of his own. Miracle Workers
The nodding of heads, then the sheriff slapping the newcomer across the shoulders acceptingly as they moved towards the police car. THE LAST RAVEN
But this was the same skewed rhetorical ideology employed in Vietnam decades ago, as we patronizingly told the nodding rice farmer by day that the Viet Cong were his mortal enemy, while as night fell, that same rice farmer recovered his hidden weapons and became the Viet Cong. Fallujah, the Guernica of Our Times, Part 3
‘That was wonderful, Andrews, bravo,’ she said nodding her head and clapping.
It's what I call downright Radical nonsense," said Mrs Low, nodding her head energetically. Phineas Finn
His second wife, Elna, is famed for merely nodding or shaking her head as sales clerks rushed one item of clothing after another to her; she perfected a method for spending thousands of dollars within minutes.
Tara, not wanting to let one of her hands go from her ears, started nodding emphatically to the door.
Harry shot a glance at me quickly, before nodding his assent and followed the uniformed officer out of the room.
He examined us closer, nodding in understanding when he noticed that we were both sopping wet.
Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt Middlemarch
They shifted their gaze to Rosen who grimaced sympathy at them, nodding.
At the end Stewart asked Hayes if his book was pretty much bullshit and Hayes had to noddingly agree. Think Progress » Cheney Chooses Chief Propagator of False Iraq-9/11 Link To Be Official Biographer
Camped in their son's room, I spent the night reading novels written for prepubescent boys, nodding off only after sunrise.
Not that endless hours of blissful slumber prevented him nodding off during his team's opening match against Japan on Tuesday.
This he took in good part, and was really pleased, nodding his head with direful foreknowledge and mystery, until George Leach, the erstwhile cabin-boy, ventured some rough pleasantry on the subject. Chapter 9
The old man was nodding in his chair
The vibrant costumes and scenery gave bright splashes of cartoonish colour to the scenes and the props, such as hobby horses with nodding heads, were superb.
‘Him,’ I said, nodding toward our neighbor, who was revving the engine on his boat.
“Bravo, monsieur,” said Richard Marais, nodding and stirring the sugar into his tea à la russe. Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile
And the two best ways to keep people stupid and nodding is by shutting down the information flow and by stiffing the press.
He looked around nodding slightly with a light smile.
Over tablas, handclaps, stick percussion, and a bass part that slams on three beats and then pauses for breath, a nodding organ alternating with a pinched little keyboard on the vaguely Middle Eastern preset plays the same couple of notes.
Among the other species are broom groundsel, James' catseye, narrow-leaf gromwell, narrow-leaved penstemon, needle and thread, nodding buckwheat, rubber rabbitbrush, and yucca.
He was known by sight to a score of billiard - markers, potmen, blacklegs, and lower characters still, and was on nodding terms with fully half of them. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch
I agree with Dr. N about using suck-ups as human shields - if she penetrates that line of defense or if you get shoved forth by some misguided prof expecting you to "shmooze" just shove a bunch of cheese cubes in your mouth and chew...nodding sagely from time to time. Dilemma
I glanced at the four guards, but none were more than noddingly familiar, then back to Krystal. The Death of Chaos
‘Okay - gotcha, twenty four,’ said Ron, repeating the hand signal to the lady to much all round nodding.
And whenever Mrs Pipchin caught herself falling forward into the fire, and woke up, she filliped Master Bitherstone on the nose for nodding too. Dombey and Son
The price has little more than a nodding acquaintance with the actual value; the only thing that matters is what the next sucker in line is willing to pay.
Nodding to the saggar, Raschid handed the bird back to him. Falcon's Prey
It was a very hard seat which Mr. Jeffreys had vacated, and her ladyship, after sitting there over two hours, nodding asleep a good part of the time, began to feel internal sinkings and flutterings which presaged what she called a "swound," and necessitated recourse to a crystal flask of strong waters which she had prudently brought in her muff. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
From the first nodding snowdrops to the last bright tulips, spring bulb flowers proclaim the end of winter and bring back color to the landscape.
Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.
Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.
“We should take this all out,” he says, nodding at the crumbling leaves, the tomato plants that long ago overgrew their stakes and now trail the dirt. Harvest
They strolled on toward Malcolm, nodding and smiling as they passed, locked deep in conversation about the best methods of cubbing the young foxes and adolescent fox hounds once cub season opened. Ripping Time
They are all nodding away there, but the trump card is coming up.
Even the grass nodding in the wind lent a thin voice to the chorus, a voice such as only the sharp and sea-trained ear may comprehend, that beasts hear long before the wind itself is apparent, so that they remove themselves to the bieldy sides of the hills before tumult breaks. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
So the movements that it makes and the signals that it gives are often nodding and winking within that language system. Times, Sunday Times
‘Here comes your brother,’ Chris said, changing the subject and nodding toward the door.
Fiji's natural beauty white sand beaches, calm blue seas and nodding palm trees - remains a considerable pull.
Nodding the redhead turned sharply on his heel and started striding off in the direction indicated by the brunette.
There are lava lamps lava-ing by the poolside bar, curvaceous white sunloungers glimmering by the sparkling pool, and slender palm trees nodding gently to the strains of ‘Blue Moon’.
The Chicago-Lake intersection was teeming with indestructible hip-hop kids and nervous cops, and all around me, tough guys and gum-chewing flirts were nodding to the rhythm of their bass-booming vans, low-riders, and convertibles.
Fortunately, I have honed the whole smiling and nodding thing to near perfection.
‘He marked you,’ the Unicorn said, nodding toward the bruises exposed on my arms.
Each stem carries up to 10 nodding sulphur coloured flared bell shaped flowers, growing from a base of deep green foliage that has attractive mottled markings.
He stands there nodding to every word Mrs. Miller says while sneaking glances around the office, searching for someone to take his place.
There are lava lamps lava-ing by the poolside bar, curvaceous white sunloungers glimmering by the sparkling pool, and slender palm trees nodding gently to the strains of ‘Blue Moon’.
A confirmation of this appears from considering the things which induce sleep; they all, whether potable or edible, for instance poppy, mandragora, wine, darnel, produce a heaviness in the head; and persons borne down [by sleepiness] and nodding On Sleep and Sleeplessness
More interesting applications include computers that can recognize gestures, or where your head is pointing, or if you're nodding off - without requiring mood-spoiling datagloves and the like.
Hearing her earrings jingling, I easily pictured her nodding like a lapdog.
Again Johnson was the provider with a fine centre, which was knocked back across goal and this time Wright wasn't to be denied, nodding the ball over the line.
But why, for a blind bottle-head, did not ye ask the guineas? and I kept winking and nodding a 'the time, and the donnert deevil wad never ance look my way!' Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete
Accusing Araucaria (oops sorry - I meant to say "The rev") of nodding on his Homer (pretty smart allusion there eh - geddit?) certainly takes some cojones. Cryptic crossword No 25,237
Flowers white, tinged with red, disposed in a small terminal corymb, standing upon nodding peduncles and appearing in June and July. General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses,
Nodding sympathetically is so much more telegenic.
The introvert may shut out the extravert, perhaps while silently nodding, or stop trying to contribute," she says. When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope
I can see sager heads than mine, nodding in agreement here. At My Table
Endlessly long white sands are overhung by nodding pines. Times, Sunday Times
Look at her, May jeered, nodding over the road, thinks she's a ballet dancer.
But when the young priest had gone he sat on by the fireside and took up his breviary again, his head nodding every so often. PROSECUTOR
And although he appeared to be something of a jokester himself, I could see that the other students (as evidenced by their nodding heads) agreed at least a tiny bit with his analysis.
His tone was moderate, his nodding head not too condescending, his words full of under standing for the anxieties of the people of Berlin. WALL GAMES
They began nodding enthusiastically and exchanging meaningful glances. The Sun
I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
It sounded simply wonderful; already her head was nodding in approbation. A MEANS TO EVIL
The result was a whitewash defeat that had the crowd nodding off. The Sun
Remember that the American carmaker responded to the threat of smaller, cheaper, better, more economical foreign cars in the 1970s by taking a long, hard look at its fleet of behemoths, nodding sagely, and then adding spiffier "landau roofs. Gene and the Machine: The shocking truth about the electric Volt
‘Now dress quickly,’ she added, nodding toward an arrangement of underclothes and robes that had been tossed over the foot of the bed.
The red plume on the horse's head was nodding to the rhythm of its steps.
Will laughed quietly and I looked up to see him nodding, looking at me softly with a smile.
Occasionally he crosses his arms, then uncrosses them as he listens to my every word, nodding in understanding.
Scaurus Princeps Senatus was nodding sapiently, rhythmically; to Marius it looked as if he was agreeing with every word spoken. The First Man in Rome
And so it was here; for as Bart sat munching there in the delicious restfulness of his position, with the soft warm breeze just playing through the leaves, the golden sunshine raining down amongst the leaves and branches in dazzling streams, while the pleasant whirr and hum of insects was mingled with the gentle _crop, crop, crop_ of Black Boy's teeth as he feasted on the succulent growth around, all tended to produce drowsiness, and in a short time he found himself nodding. The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains
The President listened with unsurprised, concentrating eyes, nodding sharply from time to time. COUP D'ETAT
I try nodding my head, skanking in a ragga style, foot tapping and finger waggling.
But again from his bed he raises his eyes and sees once more the world beyond the river, nodding luringly at him; and even there, in the midst of the new life, he falls palsy-stricken, "the paralytic of the river bank. Life Immovable First Part
All of which did not explain Ismail's whisperings and noddings and chin strokings with King's contingent. In The Time Of Light

How To Use Nodding In A Sentence

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