nod at

Example Sentences

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“The lobster has molted into its final form,” Steinberger wrote in a blog post about the name change—a nod at his platform’s lobster-centric branding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Thomas Clarkson gets the nod at tighthead prop with veteran Finlay Bealham providing cover on the bench.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

“And he’d kind of nod at me like, ‘I see it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

“The Rat Race” is a nod at Carrie’s discovery that her courtyard’s garden is infested with vermin, forcing her to tear it out and start over.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

“How’s it being married?” he might ask, and he’d nod at whatever she answered with, and he would not say a word about how he’d almost won the Silver Star for valor.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien