How to Use in greeting in a Sentence

in greeting

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• The man smiled brightly in greeting, but showed no sign of recognition.
  — Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• By fall, the vines, once again, started reaching their curly tendrils over the fence as if in greeting.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2024
• The most notable effect at the Thrifty White is a spike in greeting card sales.
  — Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Many in the crowd stood shoulder to shoulder, with some even shaking hands and bumping fists and elbows in greeting.
  — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 6 June 2020
• Pre-pandemic, a handler might let their dog shake hands with a new friend, but now that touching isn’t a good idea, the dog can shake its paw in greeting.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
• Most of the Olympic volunteers give a bow - or a deep head nod - in greeting, even to grouchy, shlumpy foreign media members.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
• The towering trees rustled in greeting, unloosening a familiar pine scent.
  — Ling Ma, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
• The maneki neko is a blank-eyed cat figurine — usually white, often ceramic, its expression inscrutable but benign — with a bell around its neck and one paw raised near its ear as if in greeting.
  — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Some of the Hatzalah volunteers recognized Judge Freier and nodded in greeting; some thanked her for her community work.
  — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• The two toddlers hugged in greeting as their moms congratulated each other on their upcoming trip to Tokyo, as NBC caught on video.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 21 June 2021
• Watching his joy in greeting the faithful, and his commitment to acknowledging the past sins of his church, made the possibility of resignation seem distant.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• On Etsy, the online retailer that specializes in handmade goods, interest in greeting cards this year has skyrocketed.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 14 Nov. 2020
• Individuals, 18 years of age and older, who are interested in greeting, directing, escorting and transporting patients for therapy services or to the vaccination clinic are encouraged to apply.
  — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021