How do you use the word "nod" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "nod" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "nod": Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants. Nancy greeted me with a nod from across the street.

Nod Meaning

/nɒd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

verbTo briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

Sentence Examples

Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.

Nancy greeted me with a nod from across the street.

CEFR Practice Quiz

Please ____ your head if you agree with the proposed plan of action.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She gave a quick ____ of approval when I asked if the plan was acceptable.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"‘She has big breasts’, Chuck said. ‘Who? Patty? Oh yes.’ Hentman nodded. ‘Well, it’s that operation they give in Hollywood and New York. It’s more the rage now than the dilation, and she’s had that done, too.’" — 1964, Philip K. Dick, “TWELVE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 173:

"By every wind that nods the mountain pine." — 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 1:

"Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by." — 1819, William Wordsworth, On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm:

"With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot." — 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

"Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films. Sometimes the nods are clever—Stewart’s first night in the forest, among hallucinatory fog that gives the trees faces and clutching hands, evokes Disney’s animated Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937." — 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club:

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