nod

Example Sentences

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“It definitely was a nod that that’s where the establishment should head,” Maviglio said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

On the walls, another nod to the idea of thinking: reproductions of works by Edvard Munch, the deeply intellectual painter.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In 2016, she received her first nomination for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — although that nod was a decade late, since she’d been eligible since 2007.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Instead, Jim donated it to the Boys and Girls Club—a nod to the foster-care system that had raised him while his father toured the country proselytizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

All I could do was nod my head.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls