Greeting

Examples

• Poor Rosamond is ill, Lydgate added immediately on his greeting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• With this unconfessed confession, her letters glowed; it kindled them, from greeting to adieu. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Khan came out from his tent about thirty paces to meet Yuan Chwang, who, after a courteous greeting, entered the tent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As their retreating footsteps died away in the distance, I called out softly the Martian word of greeting, kaor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It was a peal of joy from the populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes, for a purpose, said Crispin boldly, evidently not to be duped by the suave greeting of Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Higgins nodded to her as a sign of greeting; and she softly adjusted her working materials on the table, and prepared to listen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But missing the usual expression of cheerful greeting in Fred's face, he immediately added, Is there anything up at home? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He went his way, his farewell being scarcely so courteous as his greeting. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I can't stay a minute, thank ye, he answered to her greeting. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was quite ready to give that man, if he had entered, such a greeting as he little calculated on; but behind him followed three hundred. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Marty and Karkov spoke French after the first greeting. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Lily had not an instant's doubt as to the meaning of the murmur greeting her appearance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But it was destined that I should after all have a last word of greeting from my friend and comrade. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But any answer was dispensed with by the entrance of three gentlemen, with whom there were greetings more or less cordial. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I will take your greetings to the mess. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• You shouldn't be a country gentleman, Maurice, said Mr Carriston, after the usual greetings had been exchanged. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I bring you greetings from the General Staff. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Twice a day for many days this youth came to my cell with food, and ever the same greetings from Zat Arras. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There were no enthusiastic friendly greetings for the returned expedition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Neighbours were as kind as they were wont to be of old, but she shunned their greetings with averted head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A hack now drove to the door, and the friendly family who had received the fugitives crowded around them with farewell greetings. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Typist: Nola