Nodding

Examples

• Well, you know, Standish, every dose you take is an experiment-an experiment, you know, said Mr. Brooke, nodding towards the lawyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You'll come back,' said Gerald, nodding sagely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And this,' said Mr. Micawber, nodding his head sorrowfully, 'is the Bench! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Yes, I know, said Laurie, nodding wisely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If I do--Well, said madame, drawing a breath and nodding her head with a stern kind of coquetry, I'll use it! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Hodson laughed too, and then looking more grave and nodding his head, said, I'm afraid he's better, Sir Pitt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Ay, Pip, replied Miss Havisham, steadily nodding her head; you did. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There's your old friend, you see,' said Traddles, nodding triumphantly at the flower-pot and stand; 'and there's the table with the marble top! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And this, sir,' Silas would say to his patron, sadly nodding his head and musing, 'was once Our House! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Yes, I do--a little, said Mary, nodding, with a smile. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Karkov said insolently, nodding toward the map. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• How did Nodding the Head Up and Down Come to Mean Yes? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Give him a week,' said Perker, nodding his head prophetically. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Certainly, certainly, to be sure, answered the good-natured Fife, still nodding assent, I will send you tickets to-morrow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was gone, but Beth had remembered the little household ceremony, and there she was, nodding away at them like a rosyfaced mandarin. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Gillian