greetings

Example Sentences

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Over the following year, the two continued to exchange greetings, ideas and invitations.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Team USA catcher Cal Raleigh—aka “Big Dumper,” the round-rumped, homer-slugging All-Star backstop for the Mariners—is getting grief for rejecting friendly greetings from Seattle teammates playing on other national teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

He was waiting with colleagues in the back of the public meeting room during most of the afternoon, ready with friendly greetings for people as they passed by.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Later, I heard Grandma talking to my father on the telephone as Mother Lois came in the back door with her usual cheerful greetings.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals