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was nodding

  • past progressive of nod.

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And he was nodding and saying, ‘I love you too, honey.’

From Fox News Feb. 24, 2022

Everyone was singing with him, and the president's head was nodding up and down.

From Salon Nov. 17, 2021

And I was nodding my head as I read David Myers’s letter about the “poetry” in Michael Cunningham’s essay on Virginia Woolf.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2021

“And today is really the first day that I can tell the faith family that I am sorry,” Freeze said, and now Falwell was nodding as Freeze paused to fight back tears.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2019

After another minute, the voices had quieted and the group was nodding in agreement.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson