- present participle of nod.
nodding
Example Sentences
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“A.I. is for finance,” he said, nodding to his platform’s much-touted assistive agents.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Madonna looks at a world where “no one wants to go outside,” nodding at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic broadly increased our isolation and made people more fearful of reality and each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“We have been the victims of vandalism,” Roxana Girand-Spitzer, president and chief executive, said in a statement nodding to the urbex trend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Classic cars and marching bands crept along parade routes, nodding to the nostalgia-tinged mid-century that has come to dominate the notion of “a better time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The only others in the car were the conductor, a couple sitting very close, and an old man nodding off.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
