How to Use greeting in a Sentence

greeting

noun
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  • He addressed the members of the delegation with a formal greeting.
  • Both you who are here and all of you who have sent greetings and gifts.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The key is in your attitude, not the mode of your greeting.
    — WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
  • One of them was marked with Chip’s name and a greeting for his special day, Nov. 5.
    — Fox News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary’s greetings sell for $1,500.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The two shared a hug and the bise greeting and posed for photos together.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hang it by the front door to jot down and little reminders or greetings.
    — Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023
  • The country star was walking through the MVP Arena to get to the stage and offered greetings and high-fives to the crowd.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 1 June 2023
  • As a schoolboy, Roger sold greeting cards door to door.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Getting more greeting cards into the mail would help the USPS.
    — WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • But if a few flocks pass over without so much as a look, hit them with a greeting call.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Use a paint pen to write a friendly greeting on one of the larger pumpkins.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
  • No, the city won’t start rolling up the red carpet or stop rolling out friendly greetings.
    — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Monday’s greeting will likely serve as the first of many.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Smile and exchange a friendly greeting with the people at the tables next to you.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Trump either greeting or arm wrestling a dog-sized frog.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
  • After a warm greeting at the net, after 4 hours 57 minutes, Djokovic knelt down, picked and ate some of the grass.
    — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 28 June 2021
  • Alex: These kinds of greetings will happen dozens of times while talking to JJ.
    — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
  • She was confused by these words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But like each time before, the phone rang, the generic voice greeting kicked in and Navarro would hang up.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Offering him a greeting kiss, Magoo is stabbed in the neck.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 4 July 2023
  • Learn to make greeting cards for your friends out of Styrofoam.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Touched by the warm greeting, John told the bartender to put the entire afternoon’s tab on his check.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Nina looked out over the room at the others gathered, who had turned at her greeting.
    — Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Make their greeting more festive by adding a few cozy touches to your front porch.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And second, in so doing, the performance opens the door to a new kind of phatic greeting.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Carved on the wooden bench is the old, rude, familiar greeting.
    — Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Lastly, please say a few words as a New Year’s greeting to your to your masters and princesses.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The comments section on Haven’s post was filled with warm greetings using their newly public name.
    — James Factora, Them, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Trump chatted with former President Obama, but the rest of the former presidents and their wives bypassed him without a greeting.
    — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025

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