nod
verb (used without object)
to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
have been nodding
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present perfect progressiveof nod.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"—he might have been nodding assent to that instead of to Elinor's low-spoken vow.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
According to the latest accounts, Sir Henry Morgan, by a singular oversight of Fate, who must have been nodding at the time, died in his bed—not peacefully I trust—and was buried in consecrated ground.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
If the Apostles recommended her life to the ladies of their congregations as worthy emulation the stenographer must have been nodding worse than Homer.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
I must have been nodding for a minute.
From The Colonel's Dream by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
I must have been nodding in my chair.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
