So he made a pretence of buttoning his long coat about him, and nodded encouragingly to Arkwright to continue.
She seated herself nervously andnodded her head at Carroll in an excited and mysterious manner.
Those who caught Arkwright's eyenodded to him, and others raised their glasses at him, but with a smile that he could not understand.
Collier touched Sir Charles on the arm, and nodded his head towards the library.
He knocked the ashes out of his pipe, and nodded "good-night" to the great world beyond his window.
All of those at the table were men of twice Arkwright's age, except Livingstone, whom he recognized and who nodded to him pleasantly and at the same time gave an order to a servant, pointing at Arkwright as he did so.
Then his eyes fell on the Lion, and henodded to him gravely.
Wimpole looked after him with a kindly smile andnodded his head appreciatively.
A fat stranger halted at his elbow to light his cigar, and glancing up nodded his head approvingly.
She nodded her head slowly and I saw that she was not really looking at me, though she seemed to be, but beyond me, across the splendid orchard piles, into the stacked gold of the corn far afield.
The agent stood with his hands in his pockets and nodded soberly to one group after another.
Peggy was gazing even nearer to the zenith than usual, in her excited effort to see down into the yard, and Mrs. Dow only nodded somewhat jealously, and said that she guessed 'twas nobody would do her any harm.
Saw him get out of the stage in front of this very hotel," nodded Stacy.
At Laura's formula he looked up and noddedwithout amiability, folded his journal the other side out and returned to it.
He paused, and she nodded in a visible effort to follow him.
I nodded my head to him and he put his hand on my shoulder.
He nodded his head, and but half understanding what I was about he watched me anxiously when I put my naked foot with wary step on the ladder and began to go up.
I nodded my head and drew the chair she'd offered me close to the table.
He noddedhis head and appeared to be thinking deeply.
He looked about the room as if consideringly, then noddedat an unseen door at the right.
He paused and looked understandingly at the Turk, who nodded amiably as one whose comprehension met him more than half way.
Then in hasty Turkish the general gave his directions and the black nodded and strode to a portière, jerking it down, which he wrapped about Ryder's helpless form.
The Scouts laughed, and Miss Mason nodded her head.
Natalie turned and smilingly nodded at Rachel; then excused herself to Mr. Ames and ran up the steps of the kitchen porch.
Rachel sent Mrs. James a knowing look, and nodded toward the barnyard.
He nodded his head, and then suggested that he visit the barnyard to see if any old compost was left about by the former tenant.
The sutler merely nodded and gazed after Elam, who marched out as if he intended to do something.
He did not say anything, but nodded to Tom, and then turned his attention to his employer's horse, whom he had unsaddled while one was thinking about it.
He heard nothing of the Countess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, and though he met Beaufort at the club they merely nodded at each other across the whist-tables.
Mr. Letterblair nodded approvingly at an excess of caution worthy of the best New York tradition, and the young man, glancing at his watch, pleaded an engagement and took leave.
Stent, working more slowly and methodically on his squared map paper, the smoke drifting fragrantly from his brier pipe, nodded in silence, glancing down now and then at the barometer and compass between them.
They exchanged a glance; both picked up their rifles; Brown nodded almost imperceptibly.
Yas, suh, Mistuh Burley," nodded the sleepy blacksmith, still blinking in the afternoon sunshine.
He held out his heavily gloved hand with a friendly smile, nodded to Marie-Josephine.
But even Glenn’s eyes began to dull in spite of himself, his head noddedmechanically at every mouthful achieved.
I see," nodded Brown, eyeing the green tin box and the net.
They nodded in silence to the new arrival, and he joined them.
The airman, still devouring his bread and meat, nodded in silence.
I suspected that you might be the little mistress of Sainte Lesse bells, because you wear the Legion--" He nodded his handsome head toward the decoration on her blouse.
The girl nodded as though preoccupied--an odd, mysterious little nod, as though assenting to some intimate, inward suggestion of her own mind.
Sometimes they merelynodded from afar, sometimes they had a little conversation.
Dolph nodded at the ankle he was nursing in both hands.
Olive, who had dropped in ostensibly for purposes of gossip, nodded in comprehension.
And Dolph, his face uncommonly grave and overcast, nodded shortly and went on his way, his fists stuffed into his pockets and his grim face half buried in his cavernous collar.
And Opdyke nodded briefly, in token of his perfect comprehension.
The three, as they passed, nodded smilingly to the two farmers, and went into the church.
Just at that moment a good-looking young man came into the shop, gave a hand to Finot and Lousteau, and nodded slightly to Vernou.
The others nodded assent, but Lucien saw a gleam of jealousy here and there.
This is it," nodded her brother Roy; "what do you think of it, sis?
He turned with a look of triumph to the two silent spectators of the scene, who nodded smilingly.
Juan noddedapprovingly and at once suggested making the camp there.
Chester nodded his head; he did not like to trust his voice just then.
This woman turned her head, and nodded toward the door when he inquired for the Commissioner's office, then bent her eyes again with a dead heavy gaze upon the pavement.
When they went into the restaurant he noddedto a waiter and said: "Bring us, my lad, half a bodkin and twenty-four unsavouries.
When they gave a verdict of acquittal, Yulia nodded to Kostya, and afterwards pressed his hand warmly.
Low nodded his head, gratified but not entirely convinced that she had fully estimated the magnitude of the endeavor.
Nott nodded his head with an expression of infinite profundity.
Many and deliberate repetitions of this offer in various forms at last seemed to affect the squaw; she nodded violently, and echoed the last word "rum.
The sheriff nodded a quick, impatient recognition, which, had it not been accompanied by an anathema on the heat, might have been taken as a personal insult.
When he had put it on, and nodded coldly to the old man, and carelessly to Flip, he walked to the door.
As Curson at last nodded a farewell to her, Low insisted upon accompanying him as far as the horses, and in another moment she was again alone.
Captain Poindexter smiled and nodded at the picture.
Flip darted an interrogatory look at Lance, who nodded a quiet assent, and she flew into the inner room.
The latter, busy with some figures, nodded carelessly, and the last arrival promptly picked up his valise from the floor and began climbing the stairs, whistling softly.
Winston carelessly nodded his acceptance of these rather indefinite terms, his hands thrust into his pockets, his gray eyes smiling their appreciation of the situation.
She nodded silently, her eyes brightening with resolution.
The young man nodded indifferently, not feeling unduly proud of the distinction.
He asked a single brief question, nodded carelessly to the hastily spoken reply, and then, as the woman drew noiselessly away, Winston gazed directly into the startled black eyes of Señorita Mercedes.
I guess she'll say you led me into mischief," and the sharp child nodded as if she defied him to deny the truth of that.
Roden could not beat it, so he nodded thoughtfully, and examined the point of his pen.
That Lord Ferriby had again made himself clear was sufficiently indicated by the fact that Major White nodded his head at this juncture with portentous gravity and wisdom.
She nodded in a friendly and encouraging manner, as if to intimate that he had her entire approval.
She stood on the door-step, looking over her shoulder, and nodded at Cornish, her fresh lips tilted at the corner by a smile full of gaiety and mysticism.
Cornish nodded in his quick sympathetic way, accepting as we all accept the social statements of the day, which are oft repeated and never weighed.
He glanced at Cornish, nodded sympathetically, and then turned to look at the malgamite makers.
Tony Cornish nodded in his quick, sympathetic way.
Von Holzen noddedhis head, and held out his hand for the paper, which she gave to him.
Wyllard turned to Overweg, who nodded when he asked a question in French.
Constance looked at Costantina, and nodded and smiled.
But apparently it was right--she noddedand smiled--and Gustavo's expression assumed relief.
Good afternoon," she nodded politely to the young man.
The woman's mouth hardened; she nodded with emphasis.
She nodded and turned; it was evident this time that she was really going.
She nodded dismissal to Gustavo, and drew her father, still muttering, toward the house.
Constance nodded affirmatively, and added, with her eyes on the pig, that it might be pleasanter to eat outside where they could look at the view.
The young man rose and bowed; Constance nodded carelessly, while Gustavo behind her back made frantic signs for him to flee, to escape while still there was time.
She nodded toward the juicy piece of shortcake on the platter that was all ready and waiting for the first child who should ask for a second helping.
Cousin Penelope nodded graciously, and with the parcel in one hand and Caroline's limp fingers clasped in the other, walked out of the shop.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nodded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
