greeting

Example Sentences

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"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

Farage had been paid to record the video as a wedding greeting.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It didn’t take long before fans were returning the greeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Some things, including a signed birthday greeting from Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde, are framed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The Austrian townspeople welcomed the Nazis, greeting the soldiers with flowers and swastika displays.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti