greeting

Example Sentences

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The King spent time greeting a number of people from the community who had gathered outside, and said to some waiting: "I hope I haven't disrupted your normal activities too much."

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The scattered boos greeting this news were nothing compared to the full-throated braying that later sent both director and set designer into the night.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

"The handshake evolved very slowly as a mode of greeting and had no bearing on hat-honor as a gesture of deference," he says.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

It is the third day of a four-day state visit, clouded by tensions over the Iran war, that began in Washington with President Donald Trump warmly greeting the monarch and his wife Queen Camilla.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

We all throw our hands up in awkward greeting.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer