Example Sentences

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Labour has nodded sagely at the urgency of the issue.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Powell for his part has nodded to those risks and to the likelihood that raising borrowing costs will lead to a rise in unemployment, now at a historically low 3.5%.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2022

This isn’t the first time Lee has nodded toward a conspiracy claim.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

But the tweet also represented something new: It was the first time that Trump has nodded to pro wrestling and its relationship to his political persona.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2017

However, it is still a bantling of modern chemistry, who has nodded very affectionately on it!—Of the Perpetual Motion, he shows the impossibility, in the sense in which it is generally received.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac