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have nodded

  • present perfect of nod.

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Maybe he could serve as an intermediary, connecting people who'd never met but who might have nodded their heads from a pew to the edict of Galatians 6:2: "Bear ye one another's burdens."

From Salon Feb. 28, 2023

I have nodded off in comfortable chairs and nodded off in uncomfortable chairs.

From Washington Post Jul. 5, 2022

I may have nodded to him, but I never spoke.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2018

Liberal Democrat member John Cordwell admitted he "might have nodded off very briefly, but I was aware of what was going on the whole time".

From BBC Jun. 29, 2017

She looked past me to Doctor Gordon, and he must have nodded, or smiled, because her face relaxed.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath