Sentence examples for initial greeting from inspiring English sources

Get a group of friends together and practice that initial greeting.

We are so accustomed to cranky characters undergoing a sentimental sweetening that it's a shock when Leonor does the opposite, as her initial greeting slowly loses its warmth.

In business meetings handshakes have become popular as an initial greeting, but sometimes you'll find Chinese skip the handshake and go straight to the swapping of business cards.

Another acquaintance of the President described how the power he exuded on initial greeting faded after a long dinner, in which Mr. Clinton held forth at length, but never really asked his dinner partner's opinions.

The initial greeting from a manager reminiscent of Hugh Jackman's X-Men carrieder carried a faint Gallic froideur, and a waitress's attempt to seat two such stout gentlemen at a table designed for Wee Jimmy Krankie was slightly irksome.

After the bot's initial greeting, it prompts you to click on "Let's go!" and then asks you what you would like to say to President Obama.

After initial greetings they told me that the lady had been holding them hostage.

To get to it meant navigating the house and collection after initial greetings from Maurizio Cattelan, dangling from a coat hanger just inside the doorway (La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi).

The first five seconds of each interview is always a linguistic juggling act -- our initial greetings are usually in English ("Hi, are you Yinong? Thanks so much for speaking with me") followed by an abrupt switch to Mandarin Chinese, as I ask the interviewee which language they prefer to use.

Do not phrase your initial greetings as a question.

Instead, wait for everyone to arrive and get all their initial greetings out of the way.