Sentence examples for be greeting from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'be greeting' is not correct or usable in written English.
'Greeting' is a noun, so it cannot be used with 'be' to form a verb phrase. A more appropriate phrase would be 'greet.' For example, "Please greet visitors as they arrive."

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be greeting

noun

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

  • It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.

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Upon entering you will be greeted by, well, exactly who you'd expect to be greeting you at a place called the Gun Store: Purebred desert rednecks.

But she had no idea who it could be, greeting her so warmly.

The family will be greeting visitors at 1pm prior to the 2pm service.

Second, politicians across the region must be greeting the news from Croatia with a feeling of trepidation.

"I'll be greeting the press and buyers, and helping to ensure that the shows run on time," she says.

Bells will be ringing, and carolers will be greeting the Upper East Side neighbors of Henry Kravis this morning.

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He was greeting some guests.

Citizens were greeting the criticism with rare fury.

She was greeting guests, she said, when the shooting began.

The principal, Apryll Mendez, is greeting parents at the door.

Golding was greeting his guests in the hallway.

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