"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.
Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”
Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto.
Women parade in front of visitors, kiss them on the cheek, and greet them with “Fique à vontade” (Make yourself comfortable).
Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.
But I had no time to say another word to him, as I turned to greet Mrs. Marshall.
But what dignitary is this crossing from the other side to greet the governor?
Napoleon, indeed, was scarce able to greet his visitor pleasantly.
She did not greet him in any way, but turned her head to address commands.
He hurried home so that he might be there to greet her when she returned from her work.
Old English gretan "to come in contact with" (in sense of "attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle"), from West Germanic *grotjan (cf. Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grüßen "to salute, greet"), perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of Proto-Germanic *grætanan, root of Old English grætan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," from PIE *gher- "to call out." Greet still can mean "cry, weep" in Scottish & northern England dialect, though this might be from a different root. Grætan is probably also the source of the second element in regret. Related: Greeted; greeting.