Sentence examples for faint nod from inspiring English sources

"faint nod" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a subtle or weak nod, possibly due to fatigue or illness. Example: The student gave a faint nod when the teacher asked her a question, clearly struggling to stay awake during the lecture.

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Stephanie gave a faint nod.

"Boys," he said, with a faint nod.

Thin-sliced smoked duck breast over salad with balsamic vinegar was a faint nod to current tastes.

"Welles was a powerful actor, but he wasn't always a great actor," Baldwin said, with, perhaps, a faint nod to his own career.

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At work, these festival warriors are easy to spot – a farmer tan, a vacant stare, and is that a faint nodding at the photocopier?

And she gave me the faintest small nod".

Where one might expect a living wall or the faintest figurative nod to a bridge, there are only colorful, hovering fragments.

He made only the faintest of nods to the seven states voting on Tuesday.

Earlier in the week the BBC had managed the almost impossible, in a mildly historic week when even strident republicans might have felt a tender softening towards the monarchy, or at least a faint disposition to nod to the decades involved and a certain sense of service.

It starts out slick, with faint touches of dubstep — a nod to the dance-pop of the day.

I ask if I can photograph the kitchen, thinking she will be opposed, but she surprises me with a mild nod and a faint smile on her face as she slips briefly out of the room.

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