What is "nods"

Usage examples of "nods".

Crombies, male and female, accepted with nods and grunts, respectively.

Jamie paused at the door, removing his hat, and murmured formal condolences, which the Crombies, male and female, accepted with nods and grunts, respectively.

He lifted my hand to his lips and kissed it, then, with the barest of nods to the Governor, strode out, without looking back.

Boris Karantov returned the polite nods of the Spartan and Legion soldiers and ignored the Helots.

The old man saw and giving the slightest of nods, moved back, away from his daughter.

The watcher nods, for he, too, knows the richness of a Midkemian rose.

Jaryd returned the nods and smiles directed toward him, stopping occasionally to accept a gift from a merchant.

Chi looked about him at his fellow Commissioners, receiving sober nods from all sides, then looked back at Ku.

For a moment longer he studied the board, then, drawing himself up, he gave his old friend Hsu the slightest of nods, accepting what the stones had already told him.

Cerryl nodded as he passed and, after a moment, received nods in return.

They exchanged nods, and Cerryl headed back to his study to rest his voice-and for something to eat and drink.

Abbot Zerchi could have sworn that the Rachel head mirrored the nods, ever so slightly.