Example Sentences

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If the audience is nodding off by the end, it’s due as much to the story’s comforting contours as to its inertia.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

All the while, Ms. Lee, who had just laughed off the idea of herself as a political player, is nodding and smiling at Mr. Inslee’s seemingly encouraging response.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2018

Weisberg: That had never occurred to me, but Joel is nodding his head.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2013

The lights are low, but no one is nodding off.

From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 14, 2011

Papi is nodding little nods like those dogs with springs in their necks that people put in the back windows of their cars.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez