Nodding is an English word with synonyms like drooping or pendulous. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nodding meaning
present participle and gerund of nod
Using Nodding
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of nod
- Useful related words include: cernuous, drooping, pendulous, unerect.
- In the example corpus, nodding often appears in combinations such as: and nodding, nodding to, nodding off.
Context around Nodding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nodding
- In this selection, "nodding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, connor, ukrainian, help, past, dog and terms stand out and add context to how "nodding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include backward retreat nodding and bowing and him before nodding and smiling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nodding" sits close to words such as abolitionist, accomplishing and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nodding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Could the Churchill nodding dog be cancelled? (7 words)
Then the oily, backward retreat, nodding and bowing, almost genuflecting. (10 words)
After a certain point, you're only nodding along to their stories. (12 words)
It’s obvious that this is an idiotic plan at best; luckily, Turkie’s victims are your archetypal horror dumbasses, nodding their heads and hardly noticing that a six-foot-tall man is now less than two feet tall and also a turkey. (43 words)
And yet Wrexham entered the break with their two-goal advantage restored, Tom O’Connor nodding past Simon Moore after Ben Tozer’s throw, a not-so secret weapon for Wrexham, was flicked back into the danger area by Jordan Tunnicliffe. (41 words)
He then walked past the Archbishop and shared a few words with him, before nodding and smiling to other guests as he processed behind Beatrice and Edoardo, walking down the nave of the abbey alone. (35 words)
Could the Churchill nodding dog be cancelled? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a certain point, you're only nodding along to their stories.
After the hole Paul had just pulled himself out of, even Reg was nodding and smiling.
And so, you start seeing them nodding along that something’s outrageous when it’s incredibly routine.
And yet Wrexham entered the break with their two-goal advantage restored, Tom O’Connor nodding past Simon Moore after Ben Tozer’s throw, a not-so secret weapon for Wrexham, was flicked back into the danger area by Jordan Tunnicliffe.
A small friendly robot called Pepper is blinking cheerfully, waving and nodding from a room in the midst of the Australian National University (ANU).
At the other end Zabarnyi was left to his own devices in the Brighton box at a corner, the Ukrainian nodding the ball over the bar.
But I couldn’t help nodding in agreement when Willem remarks in the second act that he is “sometimes surprised” that Jude’s still alive.
Could the Churchill nodding dog be cancelled?
Davis added, "It seemed like something that would be great to do," nodding to the "Sex and the City" franchise's recent 25th anniversary.
Djokovic, who won this year's Australian Open, is on nodding terms with every inch of clay in Monte Carlo, his local club.
Dr. Alfred Mubangizi, acting assistant commissioner for vector borne and neglected tropical diseases at the Ministry of Health, says mismanagement of funds from 2018 is at the center of the nodding syndrome funding crisis.
From throwbacks to contemporary hits, fans of either team are sure to hear at least one song that gets their heads nodding and feet tapping during the commercial breaks.
He then walked past the Archbishop and shared a few words with him, before nodding and smiling to other guests as he processed behind Beatrice and Edoardo, walking down the nave of the abbey alone.
It’s obvious that this is an idiotic plan at best; luckily, Turkie’s victims are your archetypal horror dumbasses, nodding their heads and hardly noticing that a six-foot-tall man is now less than two feet tall and also a turkey.
Nodding my head, I said, “Well, I don’t have to tell you that he is still famous.
Practice saying, “Thank you,” “It’s kind of you to say that,” and, “I appreciate your telling me,” and nodding solemnly.
Season 1 of HBO Max's Velma continues to pay homage to the old Scooby-Doo characters, but while also nodding to iconic Hanna-Barbera faces.
She asks a couple of probing questions before nodding a sober goodbye and returning to the watching group to relay the information.
Their task got harder in the 52nd minute when Harrogate went 2-0 up thanks to Anthony O’Connor nodding in from a corner.
Then the oily, backward retreat, nodding and bowing, almost genuflecting.
Common combinations with nodding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and nodding 12×
- nodding to 10×
- nodding off 10×
- nodding along 9×
- nodding in 9×
- nodding and 7×
- nodding your 5×
- nodding my 4×
- by nodding 4×
- before nodding 3×