in greeting

phrase

: as a way to greet someone

He held out his hand in greeting.

Examples of in greeting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, the two made enough from TikTok and YouTube to purchase a house together in a tidy, cookie-cutter subdivision in Jacksonville, near the end of a cul-de-sac where small children ride bikes and neighbors wave in greeting and holiday inflatables sway in orderly front yards. — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026

My husband doesn’t kiss his wife in greeting. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026

In one frame, Tarek appears to hold his fist up in greeting to someone out of frame, while Christina bends over in a gesture that could be a curtsy, with a big grin on her face. — Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025

Galina met him just off the elevator and kissed his cheeks in greeting. — Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for in greeting

• accreting
• competing
• completing
• concreting
• defeating
• deleting
• depleting
• entreating
• preheating
• reheating
• repeating
• retreating